Letter: Hail Caledonian

Your report, "Glasgow Caledonian staff fury at university hypocrisy" (1 March), failed to carry any balancing views from the university itself. For the record, Glasgow Caledonian University does not pay its senior staff more than comparable universities and the nine staff to whom you refer represent only a small proportion of our total staff of more than 1,600.

The university's remuneration strategy obviously needs to be competitive in order to attract the best staff, but salaries are certainly not out of step with general market rates in the university sector and are regularly benchmarked and agreed by an independent remuneration committee of the University Court.

The university, in common with the academic and public sector in Scotland, is dealing with the impact of a major cut in its funding from the Scottish Government.

During this difficult period, sound, strong academic and strategic leadership is more important than ever and Glasgow Caledonian has a small, high-quality team who we are confident will guide us through these troubled times and will be the driving force behind our future growth and development.

DAVID BEEBY

Glasgow Caledonian University

Glasgow