Biggest earners in elite Russell Group

1. SIR DAVID EASTWOOD University of Birmingham

SALARY: £439,000 TOTAL INCLUDING PENSION: £439,000 COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE RANKING: 16th 2. SIR KEITH BURNETT University of Sheffield SALARY: £426,600 TOTAL: £426,600 RANKING: 32nd 3. SIR CHRISTOPHER SNOWDEN University of Southampton SALARY: £424,000 TOTAL: £424,000 RANKING: 26th 4. SIR STEVE SMITH University of Exeter SALARY: £409,000 TOTAL: £426,000

RANKING: 14th 5. SIR DAVID GREENAWAY* University of Nottingham

SALARY: £381,000 TOTAL: £381,000

RANKING: 18th 6. ALICE GAST Imperial College London

SALARY: £369,000 TOTAL: £433,000

RANKING: 5th 7. MICHAEL ARTHUR University College London

SALARY: £366,200 TOTAL: £372,800

RANKING: 7th 8. LOUISE RICHARDSON University of Oxford

SALARY: £366,000 TOTAL: £430,000

RANKING: 2nd 9. DAME JANET BEER University of Liverpool

SALARY: £363,300 TOTAL: £363,300

RANKING: 41st 10. ED BYRNE King’s College London

SALARY: £362,000 TOTAL: £425,000

RANKING: 21st 11. SIR LESZEK BORYSIEWICZ* University of Cambridge

SALARY: £355,000 TOTAL: £362,000

RANKING: 1st * Now retired Source: Institutional accounts. All figures rounded to nearest £100