Let’s say Auf Wiedersehen to England’s embarrassing tuition fees

There was fury when Cologne’s vice-chancellor’s salary rose €55,000 in six years. It didn’t happen again. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo As pay scandals continue to embarrass British higher education, with university chiefs receiving eye-watering salaries and golden handshakes, it’s time to ask: why can’t we be more like Germany? A scandal erupted there a few years ago when the vice-chancellor of Cologne University increased his salary from €78,876 (£69,403) a year in 2006 to €133,781 in 2012. In 2014 a table revealing this was leaked, prompting outrage. Since then top salaries in German universities have been held in…

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