Craig Calhoun was given £50,000 in bonuses despite the university receiving poor ratings from students and from the Teaching Excellence Framework JASON CARTER RINALDI/GETTY IMAGESThe outgoing head of the London School of Economics, who quit a year early, was paid almost £1.7 million over four years despite the university being heavily criticised for its poor teaching. Craig Calhoun, 65, who left LSE last September, was given £50,000 in bonuses even though his institution was ranked one of the worst places in the country to study. Students gave the Russell Group university a satisfaction score of 75 per cent, making it 155th in the country. A few months later, the Teaching Excellence Framework, which ranks universities on their teaching, gave it a third-class bronze rating. When Professor Calhoun stepped down colleagues said that he was…

Source: The Times July 31, 2017 23:01 UTC