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The article discusses steps taken by the government of Great Britain to reduce workload faced by teachers on the basis of responses gained from the Workload Challenge which was launched in October 2014. Topics discussed making the process easier for the teaching professionals to share best practice, no changes made to the Office for Standards in Education's (Ofsted) inspection framework, unproductive work created by politicians and no changes made by government during the academic year.

The article discusses steps taken by Great Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to reduce workload faced by teachers on the basis of responses gained from the Workload Challenge which was launched in October 2014. Topics discussed include results of the challenge submitted to the Department of Education, no changes made to the Office for Standards in Education's (Ofsted) inspection framework and no changes made by government during the academic year.

The article focuses on the findings of the survey made by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) which shows that schools have been plunged into a recruitment crisis in 2013, with headteachers struggling to find math, english, and science teachers. ASCL states that half of secondary headteachers have had difficulty recruiting staff for science and English while two-thirds of the teachers cannot secure math teachers. The problems on intense accountability and workload are cited.

The article discusses the potential of college teacher strikes in Great Britain in light of the University and College Union (UCU) initiative to assess and improve college teachers' workloads and pay. Topics include comments by Barry Lovejoy of the UCU regarding colleges' compliance with laws on teacher working conditions, comments by UCU general secretary Sally Hunt about college teacher pay, and comments by Emma Mason of the Association of Colleges (AoC).

The article discusses the University and College Union (UCU) in Great Britain and its warnings regarding industrial demonstrations in the further education (FE) sector due to increased college teacher workloads that resulted from college teacher layoffs. Topics include comments by UCU director Barry Lovejoy, decreased federal aid to higher education, and comments by Emma Mason of the Association of Colleges (AoC) about colleges' financial agreements.

The article profiles Kathy Taylor, the 2012 president of Great Britain's University and College Union (UCU), focusing on her criticism of the working conditions of university lecturers and her aim to build support with local branches of the UCU. Topics include structural changes of the UCU by its secretary general Sally Hunt, as well as Taylor's initiatives aimed at improving the professionalism and status of further education (FE) lecturers.

Statistics are presented on response of the Workload Challenge survey conducted in Great Britain in October 2014 to analyze excessive working hours of teachers.

The author supports the steps taken by Great Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to reduce workload faced by teachers on the basis of responses gained from the Workload Challenge and take response from headteachers on practicalities of reform.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses topics within the issue including result of the Workload Challenge by the government of Great Britain, pledge taken by politicians Nicky Morgan and Nick Clegg regarding notices received by schools and personal life teacher Lisa Jarmin.

The article offers further education news briefs from Great Britain. The next phase of the Skills for Life programme is expected to train one million adults in basic skills. An analysis by the Trades Union Congress reported that more teaching staff in further education are working unpaid overtime. The Sixth Form Colleges Forum is seeking a chief executive in anticipation of its legal status.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences as a department head in the further education college where he is a teacher.

The author discusses his family, in which there are several teachers, and a "game" that they play in talking about the challenges of teaching in the schools where they work. A college teacher who had worked in further education before switching to a position in higher education is then described by the author. The teacher found that his workload was lighter and that the did not have to work so many hours or teach as many students.

The article reports that Sally Hunt, general secretary of Great Britain's University and College Union (UCU), is calling for members to unite in opposition to government interference in higher education. At the UCU's June 2007 conference in Bournemouth, England, Hunt asked members to leave behind differences and fight against government micromanagement and underfunding of colleges. Other topics Hunt discussed are work-life balance, quality of life, and job security.

The article present the author's experiences of teaching in the colleges of Great Britain. A lot of high-stress is associated with the job of a college teacher, but most of the time danger is not associated with it. The author have not once been slapped, poked, punched, kicked, kneed, stabbed or shot in his teaching career stretching over a quarter of a century. On the odd occasion when the author have come up against potential aggression, the situation has always been defused without blows.

Presents several views related to education in Great Britain. Comments on budget allocation of government for education; Development of lifelong learning sector skills; Changes in the workload of college teachers.

Comments on the unnecessary workload of college teachers in Great Britain. Introduction of reasonable school and teachers inspection; Criticism on the radical educational changes imposed by Office for Standards in Education; Definition of bureaucracy in education.

Focuses on the ultimatum delivered by the unions to ministers to cut workload or face industrial action in Great Britain. Result of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report; Failure of the report to propose a limit on teachers contact time; Reaction for allowance of classroom assistants to take charge on lesson; Announcement of support.

Comments on the continuing bureaucracy in the workload of college teachers in Great Britain. Absurdity in letting teachers write the same lesson plan four times in longhand; Situation in colleges; Government justification of the bureaucracy.

Reveals part-time college teachers' lack of time to perform significant non-teaching roles in Great Britain. Percentage of part-timers who attend staff meetings; Extra curricular assistance to students; Staff development; Use of information technology as a teaching aid; Possible extension of teaching qualifications to part-time staff.