{"id":353482,"date":"2024-12-06T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353482"},"modified":"2024-12-06T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:38:17","slug":"vice-chancellor-who-wanted-climate-change-lessons-embedded-in-all-courses-claimed-16000-expenses-for-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=353482","title":{"rendered":"Vice-Chancellor Who Wanted Climate Change Lessons Embedded in All Courses Claimed \u00a316,000 Expenses for Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Will Jones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A university Vice-Chancellor who called for climate change to become part of the curriculum on every course claimed more than \u00a316,000 in expenses on flights, figures have revealed. The Telegraph <\/em>has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Koen Lamberts<\/a>, the University of Sheffield\u2019s<\/a> Vice-Chancellor, spent the sum flying around the world on work trips as his institution faces a \u00a350 million shortfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Lamberts also spent \u00a3820 on non-standard rail travel to business events between May and July. His expenses rose by 68% compared with 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total amount of registered expenses for the Vice-Chancellor for this year is \u00a317,799, with \u00a3200 filed for food and drink for business dinner meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes as the university\u2019s finances are under scrutiny amid its shortfall and the launch of a voluntary severance scheme to target \u00a323 million in staff cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bosses hope this will allow it to regain a financial surplus by 2026 to 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a meeting of the Sheffield branch of the University and College Union<\/a> (UCU) this month, 880 staff members voted for a no-confidence motion against the executive board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Lamberts has been President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield since November 2018, having previously held the position at the University of York<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2019, he announced students would undertake compulsory lessons on climate change<\/a> to address the \u201cemergency\u201d facing the planet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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