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The article focuses on the workload survey by the Great Britain's University and College Union (UCU) which shows that average academic is working unpaid for the equivalent of two days every week. Topics include the survey focusing on the growth of "unreasonable, unsafe and excessive" workloads, and the report related to the survey unveiled at the UCU's congress, held in Liverpool, England from June 1 to 3, 2016.

The article focuses on workload allocation systems in universities that have the potential to ascertain that work is shared out in a transparent and equitable manner in Great Britain. The author urges staff to actively participate to make sure their system works with integrity, optimizing the use of resources for the benefit of students and staff. Certain universities have reportedly began to utilize this workload information to explore equality issues.

The article discusses a conference held by the think tank Work Foundation on July 4, 2013, which focused on how British college students are increasingly expecting professors to be full-time in return for higher tuition fees.

The article reports that the University and College Union (UCU) is opposing the plans to eliminate principal lecturer and reader positions at Kingston University in London, England. The university will hold a consultation on a new promotion and progression initiative that would replace the academic ranks above lecturer with an associate professor role. UCU branch chairman Andrew Higginbotham claims that abolishing both positions would increase the workload of other staff.

The author argues that academics in Great Britain need sabbaticals now more than ever and emphasizes the need to have them widely and more equitably distributed. He criticizes the fact that sabbaticals were enjoyed by a privileged few and highlights how it contributes to divisiveness. He explains why the academic community must reassert fundamental intellectual and academic freedoms to allow sabbatical to serve its proper function.

The article reports the complaints by academics from the University of Derby in Derby, England accusing the institution of turning them into administrators by being overloaded with non-academic duties. The complaints arose when the university asked them to check student attendance with hand held scanners which they claim takes at least ten minutes each lecture. Derby countered that the device is easy to use and the scheme demonstrated Derby's concern for student support , maintaining contact and maximizing achievement potential.

The article focuses on heavy workloads put on academics especially those working in the arts and humanities. Some people argue that these workloads have already been paid for by taxpayers but it is not the knowledge that has to be paid for but the efforts of imparting it. Universities are advised to make sure that both institution and staff are properly compensated for imparting knowledge.

A correction to an article about the formula for calculating teaching workload points which appeared in the October 2008 issue of the newsletter "The Poppletonian" is presented.

The article reports on concerns of increased teaching loads and less time for research among staff at Brunel University in England due to the efforts of tackling a multi-million-pound deficit as of July 2008. A £7.9 million deficit has brought managers to discuss proposals for a 2 percent saving in staff salaries across all departments. Complaints have been received by the University and College Union (UCU) from its members about cuts to part-time teaching that could result to extra teaching loads in the next academic year.