Gaps between vice-chancellors' and professors' pay rises reported in the Times Higher Education 2012–13 salary survey were highlighted as UK faculty members negotiated contracts for the upcoming academic year. The survey found that professors' salaries rose by an average of just 1%, to £75,472 (US$126,782), whereas vice-chancellors' pay (including some benefits) jumped by 5.5% to £232,120. This year, professors have been offered a 2% rise, says Jenny Sherrard, a spokeswoman for the University and College Union in London. “It's not acceptable for those at the top to be receiving higher percentage pay rises than are on offer to the rest,” she says.