UK universities are still paying staff less than £30 *per lecture*. That's £30 to research, write, and deliver a 1 hour lecture. Examining a PhD? That's £115 to read a thesis of 150+ pages, check every source, spot typos, evaluate the research, travel to another part of the country, examine the viva, write the report. Examining PhDs works out to less than £4 per hour. And that's for assessing candidates for the highest university degree!