Some useful acronyms to get you started. Alphabetised for your convenience...
| A |
| AAU |
Academic Audit Unit |
| ABRC |
Advisory Board for Research Councils |
| ACE |
Adult Continuing Education (Life long learning) |
| ACE |
Access and Community Engagement |
| ACCE |
Advisory Committee of Estates and Equipment |
| ACFHE |
Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education |
| ACOST |
Advisory Council on Science and Technology |
| ACT |
Additional Cost of Teaching |
| ACU |
Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| ADAR |
Art and Design Admissions Registry |
| AFRC |
Agricultural and Food Research Council |
| AGCAS |
Graduate Careers Advisory Services |
| AGR |
Association of Graduate Recruiters |
| AGWP |
Advisory Group of Widening Participation |
| AHRB |
Arts and Humanities Research Board |
| AHRC |
Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| AHUA |
Association of Heads of University Administration. The professional representative group for Registrars/Secretaries of HEIs |
| AIRS |
Accelerated and Intensive Routes to higher Education |
| ALPS |
The Assessment and Learning in Practice Settings. ALPS is a collaborative programme between five Higher Education Institutions with proven reputations for excellence in learning and teaching in medicine, health and social care. Led by the University of Leeds, the partners involved are the University of Bradford, the University of Huddersfield, Leeds Metropolitan University and York St John College. |
| Alumni |
Alumni are former students of the University. The Alumni & Development team works to ensure that alumni are in touch, informed and involved with the University. |
| AMOSSHE |
The Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education. |
| AMHEC |
Association of Managers in Higher Education Colleges and Universities |
| AMRC |
Association of Medical Research Charities |
| AoC |
Association of Colleges. The representative organisation for Further Education Colleges |
| APC |
Association of Principals of Colleges |
| API |
Age Participation Index |
| APL |
Accreditation of Prior Learning |
| APPO |
Academic Planning and Performance Office |
| AQST |
Academic Quality and Standards Team |
| ARMA |
Association of Research Managers and Administrators |
| ASB |
Accounting Standards Board |
| ASC |
Academic Subject Category |
| AU |
Athletic Union - The sports arm of the Students’ Union. All universities have an AU, enabling students to take part in a range of sporting activities. All universities take part in BUSA (British Universities Sporting Association) - regional and national competitions again. |
| AUA |
Association of University Administrators |
| AUCF |
Average Unit of Council Funding |
| AUDE |
Association of University Directors of Estates |
| AURIL |
Association for University Research and Industrial Links |
| AY |
Academic Year |
| B |
| BA |
Bachelor of Arts |
| BA |
British Academy |
| BAAS |
British Association fro the Advancement of Science |
| Banner |
Banner is the generic term for the University's student administration software, which is supplied by SunGard Higher Education Services. |
| BBSRC |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
| BDA |
British Dental Association |
| BEd |
Bachelor of Education |
| BEng |
Bachelor of Engineering |
| BHRC |
Biomedical Health Research Centre |
| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| BSc |
Bachelor of Science |
| BSSG |
Business Systems Steering Group (sub-committees of ISSG) |
| BTEC |
Business & Technician Education Council |
| BUFDG |
British Universities Finance Directors Group |
| BUFORG |
British Universities Finance Officers Research Group |
| Bursary |
A kind of scholarship. This contributes towards fees and/or living costs whilst a student is studying. |
| BUSA |
British Universities Sports Association |
| BUTEA |
British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association |
| C |
| CAD/CAM |
COMPUTER Aided Design/Manufacture |
| CASE |
Council for the Advancement and support of Education |
| CAT |
Credit Accumulation & Transfer |
| CATS (1) |
Credit Accumulation Transfer Scheme - Sometimes it is possible to gain credit for completing parts of a degree. If a student has already studied to HND level, on a degree programme or for relevant professional qualifications before starting his/her degree, he/she may be able to transfer credit. |
| CATS (2) |
Card and Gift shop in the LUU |
| CATE |
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| CCAC |
Council of Church & Associated Colleges |
| CCETSW |
Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work |
| CDL |
Career Development Loan - A deferred-payment bank loan, like a student loan, but aimed at those who aren't entitled to one, whose employers aren't already footing the bill and who can't afford to pay the fees themselves. |
| CDP |
Committee of Directors of Polytechnics |
| CE |
Continuing Education |
| CER |
Continuing Education Record |
| CertHE |
The Certificate in Higher Education is an award equivalent to the first year of a degree. |
| CETL |
Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning - are part of a Government initiative to reward and further develop excellent learning and teaching in UK higher education. The University of Leeds is one of only 66 higher education institutions to receive such an accolade from the HEFC. |
| CFDG |
Charities Finance Directors Group |
| CHEAD |
Council for Higher Education in Art and Design |
| CHEIA |
Council of higher Education Internal Auditors |
| CHEST |
Combined higher Education Software Team |
| CHMS |
Council of Heads of Medical Schools |
| CICHE |
Committee for International Co-operation in Higher Education |
| CIHE |
Council for Industry and HE |
| CILT |
Centre for Information on Language Teaching Research |
| CIPFA |
Charted Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
| CNAA |
Council for National Academic Awards |
| CoDS |
Council of Deans and Heads of UK University Faculties for Nursing, and Health Professions |
| COMETT |
Community Action Programme for Education & Training for Technology |
| COPUS |
Committee on the Public Understanding of Science |
| COSHEP |
Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals (now Universities Scotland) |
| CPE/D |
Continuing Professional Education/Development |
| CSA |
Central Student Administration |
| CSCFC |
Conference of Scottish Centrally Funded Colleges |
| CSFP |
Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan |
| CSR |
Comprehensive Spending Review |
| CTI |
Computers in Teaching Initiative |
| CUA |
Conference of University Administrators |
| CUBO |
Conference of University Business Officers |
| CUC |
Committee of University Chairmen |
| CUDAH |
Council of University Deans of Arts & Humanities |
| CUMS |
Council of University Management Schools |
| CURL |
Consortium of University Research Libraries |
| CVCP |
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom ( now Universities UK) |
| CVE |
Continuing Vocational Education |
| CVU |
Council for Validating Universities |
| D |
| DBERR |
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
| DCSF |
Department for Children, Schools and Families |
| DEA |
Development Education Association |
| DELNI |
Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland |
| DHFETE |
Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment (for Northern Ireland) |
| DipHE |
Diploma of Higher Education - A qualification that may be awarded by some universities, after 2 years of study |
| DIUS |
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
| DOGES |
Directors of Faculty Graduate Schools |
| DoH |
Department of Health |
| DoLT |
Director of Learning & Teaching |
| DSA |
Disabled Student Allowance |
| DVC |
Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
| E |
| EC |
Engineering Council |
| ECCTIS |
Education Counselling & Credit Transfer Information Service |
| ECU |
Equality Challenge Unit - Equality Challenge Unit supports the higher education sector in its mission to realise the potential of all staff and students whatever their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age, to the benefit of those individuals, higher education institutions and society. |
| ECUK |
Engineering Council |
| EFL |
English as a Foreign Language |
| EI |
Exchequer Interest |
| E&IO |
Enterprise and Innovation Office - the core central co-ordination function fro Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer, responsible for elements of the University's Strategic Plan, including planning and performance monitoring, marketing and communications, managing the Higher Education Innovation Fund Programme, providing faculty support, external liaison with regional, national and international agencies and partnerships and externally funded projects. |
| EKT |
Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer - see KT |
| ELU |
English Language Unit |
| EOC |
Equal Opportunities Commission. The leading UK non-government body working to eliminate sex discrimination. |
| EPC |
Engineering Professors Council |
| EPSRC |
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council |
| EQUALL |
Equal Opportunities, Access and lifelong Learning |
| ERA |
Education Reform Act 1998 |
| ERA |
Educational Recording Agency |
| ERASMUS |
European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students |
| ESF |
European Social Fund |
| ESIB |
National Union of Students in Europe |
| ESPIRIT |
European Strategic Programme for Research in Information Technology |
| ESRC |
Economic & Social Research Council |
| ESRG |
Employment Security Review Group |
| ESSL |
Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law |
| ETAP |
Effective Teaching and Assessment Programme |
| ETP |
Engineering & Technology Programme |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUA |
European University Association |
| F |
| FAMS |
Funding Councils Financial Appraisal and Monitoring Service |
| FAST |
Forum for Access Studies |
| FBS |
Faculty of Biological Sciences |
| FDS |
First Destination Survey |
| FdSc / Fda |
Foundation Degrees are flexible qualifications usually aimed at people within the workplace. Students use vocational experience and work based study as well as academic teaching. On successful completion, students can progress onto relevant degree programme. |
| FE |
Further Education |
| FEC (1) |
Faculty Executive Committee |
| FEC (2) |
Further Education College |
| FEC (3) |
Full Economic Costing |
| FEFC |
Further Education Funding Council |
| FESR |
Further Education Statistical Record |
| FFM |
Faculty Finance Manager |
| FHEA |
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 |
| FIRS |
Fully Funded International Research Scholarships |
| FLTC |
Faculty Learning & Teaching Committee |
| FMG |
Faculty Management Group - central university committee |
| FTE |
Full-time equivalent. Full-time students count as 1 FTE. Students on their sandwich year out count as 0.5 FTE. The FTE for part-time students is measured by comparing their learning activity with that for an equivalent full-time course. |
| FY |
Financial Year |
| H |
| HAY |
A job evaluation scheme used in some universities |
| HE |
Higher Education usually refers to post 18 study at a higher level. Most higher education students study for HNDs or foundation degrees or undergraduate degrees or postgraduate degrees. Higher Education usually follows on from study at Sixth Form College. |
| HEA |
Higher Education Academy – whose mission is to help institutions, discipline groups and all staff to provide the best possible learning experience for their students. |
| HEC |
Higher Education Corporation |
| HECS |
Higher Education Corporation Scheme |
| HEDQF |
Higher Education Design Quality Forum |
| HEERA |
Higher Education External Relations Association |
| HEFC |
Higher Education Funding Councils |
| HEFCE |
Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| HEFCW |
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales |
| HEI |
Higher education institution - the generic term for all universities and colleges involved in higher education and research. |
| HEIDI |
Higher Education Information Database for Institutions |
| HEIF |
Higher Education Innovation Fund |
| HEIFES |
Higher Education in Further Education: Students survey. The annual aggregate recruitment survey completed by FECs, which informs funding for teaching. |
| HEIST |
Higher Education Information Services Trust |
| HEQC |
Higher Education Quality Council |
| HERA |
Higher Education Role Analysis - a job evaluation scheme developed for and by the higher education sector to underpin the implementation of the National Framework Agreement. |
| HERO |
Higher Education and Research Opportunities – an information portal for universities, colleges and research organisations in the UK. |
| HERRG |
Higher Education Regulation Review Group |
| HESA |
The Higher Education Statistics Agency – a national body |
| HESCWP |
Higher Education Statistics Co-ordination Working Group |
| HESDA |
Higher Education Staff Development Agency |
| HESES |
Higher Education Students Early Statistics |
| HEW |
Higher Education Wales |
| HHEW |
Heads of Higher Education Wales |
| HITECC |
Higher Education Introductory Technology & Engineering Conversion Courses |
| HMI |
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate |
| HMRC |
Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue. The merged organisation of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise |
| HMSO |
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| HNC/D |
The Higher National Certificate/Diploma is based on vocational studies, generally aimed at preparing students for a particular career or industry. It can lead on to, or count towards, a degree course. |
| HORC |
Heads of Research Councils |
| HR |
Human Resources |
| I |
| ICAEW |
Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales |
| ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
| IDEA |
Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL |
| IiP |
Investors in People |
| ILAs |
Individual Learning Accounts |
| ILTHE |
Institute for Learning and Teaching in \higher Education |
| IM |
Identity Management – the corporate brand of the University – see www.leeds.ac.uk/identitymanagement |
| INSET |
In-Service Education of Teachers |
| IPE |
Integrated Planning Exercise |
| IPMU |
Intellectual Property Management Unit – The university group how control patents and copyrights for university work |
| IRC |
Inter-disciplinary Research Centre |
| IS |
Information Systems (computer software and applications) |
| ISG |
Information Security Group (University committee for all IT&S security) |
| ISS |
Information Systems Services (the central IT&S provider for the University) |
| ISSG |
Information Systems Steering Group (University committee prioritising corporate IS developments) |
| IT |
Information Technology (computer hardware and infrastructure) |
| IT&S |
Information Technology and Systems (the collective term for all computer-related infrastructure and systems) |
| IT&SAG |
IT&S Advisory Group (University committee advising on institutional direction and use of all IT&S) |
| ITMM |
IT Managers' Meeting (University committee representing all Faculty and Corporate Service IT&S providers) |
| ITT |
Initial Teacher Training - This is the route that people take in order to become a qualified teacher at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. |
| IUCC |
Inter-University Committee on Computing |
| J |
| JAG |
Joint Advisory Group |
| JANET |
Joint Academic Network. The JANET computer network connects UK universities, FE Colleges, Research Councils, Specialist Colleges and Adult and Community Learning providers. |
| JANET(UK) |
The company that manages the UK's education and research network (ex UKERNA). |
| JCPSG |
Joint Costing and pricing Steering Group |
| JCUU |
Joint Committee of the University and the UCU |
| JET |
Joint Education Taskforce – supports partnerships working across government and with all the key stakeholder groups on immigration issues affecting international students. |
| JISC |
Joint Information Systems Committee (of the Higher Education Funding Councils) |
| JMAC |
Joint Medical Advisory Committee |
| JNCHES |
Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff |
| JREI |
Joint Research Equipment Initiative |
| L |
| LA or LEA |
Local Education Authority - mainly responsible for education for those up to 18 years old - they have a Finance or Student Awards Section which deals with request for funding for people living in that local area who wish to go. |
| L & T |
Learning and teaching – support for teaching within the university eg. with quality assessments for exams, consistency of modules across faculties. |
| LFHE |
Leadership Foundation for Higher Education – national funding body |
| LGA |
Local Government Association |
| LGBT |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender |
| LIGHT |
Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics – also name of the building which houses this |
| LIHS |
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences |
| LIMM |
Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine |
| LLL |
Life Long Learning |
| LRC |
Learning Resources Centre - Basically, a library, but with more emphasis on non-book facilities such as e-journals, PC access and multimedia archives. |
| LSC |
Learning and Skills Council |
| LTB |
Learning & Teaching Board |
| LTSN |
Learning and Teaching Support Network – internal |
| LTSO |
Learning & Teaching Support Office |
| LUBS |
Leeds University Business School |
| LUDOS |
Leeds University Digital Objects |
| LUU |
Leeds University Union |
| N |
| NAAS |
New Academic Appointments Scheme |
| NAB |
National Advisory Body |
| NABCE |
Non-Award Bearing Continuing Education |
| NAFE |
Non-Advanced Further Education |
| NAHT |
National Association of Head Teachers |
| NAO |
National Audit Office |
| NARIC |
National Recognition Information Centre |
| NASCA |
New Appointments Scheme for Clinical Academics |
| NASMA |
National Association of Student Money Advisers |
| NATFHE |
National Association of Teachers in Further & Higher Education |
| NCET |
National Council for Educational Technology |
| NCVQ |
National Council for Vocational Qualifications |
| NDPB |
Non Departmental Public Body |
| NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
| NESTA |
National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts |
| NFA |
National Framework Agreement - The 2004 pay agreement that unifies pay arrangements across the higher education sector, addressing equal pay concerns and introducing job evaluation to ensure fairness and transparency in reward. It specifies a single national pay spine for all staff. |
| NFER |
National Foundation for Educational Research |
| NIACE |
National Institute for Adult Continuing Education |
| NIAO |
Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| NIHEC |
Northern Ireland Higher Education Council |
| NISS |
National Information Services and Systems |
| NMAS |
The Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service -process applications for nursing and midwifery courses at higher education institutions in England. |
| NOCAG |
Notes on Control and Guidance |
| NSS |
National Student Survey |
| NTET |
National Target for Education and Training |
| NUS |
The National Union of Students, provides research, welfare information and services to those SUs which are affiliated. NUS is also the national body which represents and campaigns on behalf of students. |
| NVQ |
National Vocational Qualifications |
| O |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| OFSET |
Office for Standards in Education & Training |
| OFFA |
Office for Fair Access |
| OFSTED |
Office for Standards in Education |
| OIA |
Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education |
| OLF |
Open Learning Foundation |
| ORSAS |
Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme |
| OST |
Office of Science and Technology |
| Oxbridge |
The collective name for the two oldest universities in the country, Oxford and Cambridge, both collegiate, both traditional and both highly respected. |
| OU |
Open University |
| P |
| PAC |
Public Accounts Committee |
| PAS |
Pension and Assurance Scheme |
| PCI |
Performance and Cultural Industries |
| PDP |
Personal Development Plan |
| PedD/R |
Pedagogical Development/Research |
| PES |
Public Expenditure Settlement |
| PFI |
Private Finance Initiative |
| PGCE |
A Postgraduate Certificate in Education is a one-year postgraduate course that graduates can take and which qualifies them to become teachers. A PGCE is not the only way to become a teacher - you can also do a four-year Bachelor of Education undergrad degree. |
| PGR |
Post Graduate Research |
| PGI |
Post Graduate Teaching |
| PGT |
Postgraduate Taught |
| PI (1) |
Performance Indicator |
| PI (2) |
Principal investigator (in a research project) |
| PICKUP |
Professional, Industrial & Commercial UpDating Programme |
| PISG |
Performance Indicators Steering Group |
| PMETB |
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board |
| PMG |
Project Management Group - internal |
| POLIS |
School of Politics and International Studies |
| PPARC |
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council |
| PQA |
Post Qualification Application |
| PREST |
Programme for Research in Engineering, Science & Technology |
| PRINCE |
Projects in Controlled Environments |
| PSP |
Professional Standards Programme |
| PVAC |
Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications |
| PVC |
Pro-Vice-Chancellor |
| Q |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QAA |
Quality Assurance Agency. An independent body which monitors standards in all universities and colleges. |
| QAC |
Quality Assessment Committee |
| QCA |
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority - is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). It maintains and develops the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations; and accredits and monitors qualifications in colleges and at work. |
| QDE |
Quinquennial Development Exercise - process which all School and Services are required to undergo (some have already done so) as part of the Improving our effectiveness theme. QMEU |
| QMEU |
Quality Management and Enhancement Unit – internal |
| QR funding |
Quality-related research funding. It is allocated according to research quality and the amount of research carried out |
| QTS R |
Qualified Teacher Status Research - is the qualification required to be able to teach primary and secondary pupils. |
| R |
| R |
Research |
| RAC |
Regional Advisory Committees |
| RAE |
Research Assessment Exercise. An exercise carried out periodically to determine the quality of research in UK HEIs. The (RAE) results are used by the higher education funding bodies for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to allocate QR funding. |
| Rag |
Rag (from 'Raise and Give') Collectively, student charity Rags raise millions of pounds for charity through many types of activity, usually involving loads of fun. |
| RAM |
Resource Allocation Model - the method by which the University allocates income and charges internally |
| RCS |
Residential and Commercial Services. – manages student residency, catering and conference in the University. |
| RCUK |
Research Councils UK. A strategic partnership set up to champion research supported by the eight UK Research Councils. |
| RDA |
Regional Development Agency |
| RDF |
Researcher Development Framework (Research Councils UK and Vitae programme for researcher skills development) |
| RDSO |
Research Degrees and Scholarships Office |
| Redbrick |
Refers to a style of building - or a period from around the turn of the century through to the Second World War. Used to describe a university whose main buildings are in that style, and is shorthand for 'not Oxbridge but well established'. |
| REF |
Research Excellence Framework |
| RGO |
Regional Government Offices |
| RHA |
Regional Health Authority |
| RIA |
Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| RIC |
Records and Information Centre |
| ROI |
Return On Investment |
| RSA |
Royal Society of Arts |
| RSC-YH |
Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire and Humber |
| RSU |
Research Support Unit |
| RUGIT |
Russell Universities Group of IT Directors |
| S |
| SAAS |
Student Awards Agency Scotland |
| SAM |
Subjects Allied to Medicine |
| SAP |
Software product and company name – supports the key business processes in the university like finances and HR records |
| SCAVA |
Standing Conference of Authorised Validating Agencies |
| SCES |
Subject Classification for Education Statistics |
| SCONUL |
Standing Conference of National University Libraries |
| SCOP |
Standing Conference of Principals |
| SCOPFOG |
Standard Conference of Principals and Finance Officers Group |
| SCOPVEG |
Scottish Vocational Education Council |
| SCQF |
Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework |
| SCR |
Short Course Record |
| SCUIO |
Standing Conference of University Information Officers |
| SDC |
Strategic Development Committee |
| SDDU |
Staff and Departmental Development Unit |
| SEAC |
Schools Examinations and Assessment Council |
| SEBCC |
Science and Engineering Base Co-ordinating Committee |
| SEDA |
Staff & Educational Development Association |
| SEELLD |
Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning |
| SEPSU |
Science and Engineering Policy Studies Unit |
| SERC |
Science and Engineering Research Council |
| SFC |
Scottish Funding Council |
| SFEFC |
Scottish Further Education Funding Council |
| SHA |
Special Health Authority |
| SHEFC |
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council - replaced by the Scottish Funding Council in 2005 |
| SHHD |
Scottish Home & Health Deparment |
| SSN |
Student Support Network – internal |
| SGUMDER |
Steering Group on Undergraduate Medical and Dental Education and Research |
| SI |
Statistical Indicator |
| SIFTR |
Service Increment for Teaching & Research |
| SIMS |
Student Information Management Systems |
| SIPR |
SAP Intranet Purchase Requisition |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SLT |
School Learning & Teaching Committee |
| SMART |
Specific measurable Appropriate Relevant Timed |
| SOED |
Scottish Office Education Department |
| SOEID |
Scottish Office Education and Industry Department |
| SORP |
Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice |
| SPRU |
Science Policy Research Unit |
| SRDS |
Staff Review and Development Scheme |
| SRHE |
Society for Research into Higher Education |
| STAR |
Supplement for Teaching and Research |
| STRF |
Senior Translational Research Fellow |
| SuperJANET |
See JANET |
| T |
| T |
Teaching |
| TCA |
Tertiary College Association |
| TCS |
Teaching Company Schemes |
| TDA |
Training and Development Agency |
| TEC |
Training & Enterprise Council |
| TEED |
Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate (of the DfES) |
| TEMPUS |
Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Studies |
| TFP |
Technology Foresight Programme |
| TIFES |
Towards IiP – A framework for employment standards |
| THES |
The Times Higher Education Supplement (also “the Higher”) |
| TLTP |
Teaching & Learning Technology Programme |
| TLTSN |
Teaching & Learning Technology Support Network |
| TPA |
Teachers Pension Agency |
| TPS |
Teachers Pension Scheme |
| TQFE |
Teaching Qualification for Further Education |
| TQi |
Teaching Quality Information – the website gives access to up-to-date information about the quality of higher education in UK universities and colleges. The site is supported by the Government and the National Union of Students. www2.tqi.ac.uk/sites/tqi |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TTA |
Teacher Training Agency |
| U |
| UACE |
Universities Association for Continuing Education |
| UCAS |
The Universities & Colleges Admissions Service is the organisation that handles most university applications. Prospective students fill out a UCAS form online (or on paper) and submit it to UCAS who send it to the universities the student wants to apply to. |
| UCEA |
Universities and Colleges Employers Association — The national employers negotiating secretariat responsible for negotiating national terms and conditions of employment with the trades unions representing employees in higher education. |
| UCET |
University Council for the Education of Teachers |
| UCISA |
Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association - UCISA represents the whole of higher education, and increasingly further education, in the provision and development of academic, management and administrative information systems. |
| UCoSDA |
Universities’ and Colleges’ Staff Development Agency |
| UCU |
University and College Union – Trade Union representing Academic and academic related (Professional & Managerial) staff |
| UDACE |
Unit for the Development of Adult Continuing Education |
| UFC |
Universities Funding Council |
| UfL |
University for Industry (Learn Direct) |
| UG |
Undergraduate |
| UHOP |
University Heads of Personnel |
| UKADIA |
UK Arts & Design Institutions Association |
| UKCC |
United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting |
| UKCOSA |
UK Council for International Education |
| UKERNA |
United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association - manages the operation and development of JANET on behalf of JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) for the UK Further and Higher Education Funding Councils. |
| UKMT |
United Kingdom Mathematics Trust |
| UKRO |
UK Research Office |
| UII |
University Interdisciplinary Institute - internal |
| ULTA |
University of Leeds Teaching Award |
| UNISON |
Trade union representing support staff |
| Unite |
(Formally Amicus) Trade union representing support staff |
| UOA |
Unit of Allocation (used in the context of the Research Assessment Exercise) |
| UoL |
University of Leeds |
| UPA |
Universities Personnel Association |
| UPPI |
Universities Pay & Price Index |
| UREC |
University Research Ethics Committee |
| USCAS |
Universities Standard Classification of Academic Subjects |
| USR |
Universities Statistical Record |
| USS |
Universities Superannuation Scheme |
| UUK |
Universities UK (formerly CVCP) |
