| Acronym | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| AAR | Annual Accountability Return (HEFCE) |
| ABC | Askham Bryan College |
| AGR | Audit Grant Report (ITT providers need to submit audited accounts to the Teaching Agency on an annual basis) |
| AHRC | Arts & Humanities Research Council |
| AHSSBL | Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Business and Law departments |
| APCL | Accreditation of Prior Certified Learning |
| APEL | Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning |
| AP(E)L | Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning | Collective term for APCL and APEL |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APL | Accreditation of Prior Learning | Used as collective term for APCL & APEL, or as a synonym for APCL. |
| AAPSG | Access Agreement Preparation Sub-Group | York |
| ARC | Academic Registrars Council |
| ARMA | Association of Research Managers and Administrators |
| ASO | Academic Support Office | York |
| ASSUR | FSSG annual sustainability assurance report |
| AUA | Association of University Administrators |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
| BGP | Block Grant Partnership (AHRC funding framework for PhD studentships) |
| BIS | (Department for) Business, Innovation and Skills |
| BIU | Business Intelligence Unit | York |
| BME | Black & Minority Ethnic |
| BMSG | Better Management Steering Group | York |
| BoS | Board of Studies |
| BOS | Bristol Online Survey |
| BSG | Business Systems Group (former) | York |
| BUFDG | British Universities Finance Directors Group |
| BUILA | British Universities' International Liaison Association |
| CAHR | Centre for Applied Human Rights | York |
| CAS | Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (relates to Tier 4 / UKBA Visa) |
| CASE | Council for the Advancement and Support for Education |
| CBoS | Chair of Board of Studies |
| CELT | Centre for English Language Teaching | York |
| CERIF | Common European Research Information Format |
| CHE | Centre for Health Economics | York |
| CHyM | Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance | York |
| CII | Centre for Immunology and Infection | York |
| CIRC | Collaborative International Research Centre | York |
| CLCF | Centre for Low Carbon Futures |
| CML | Centre for Medieval Literature |
| CMS | Centre for Medieval Studies | York |
| CModS | Centre for Modern Studies | York |
| CNAP | Centre for Novel Agricultural Products | York |
| CORDIS | Community Research and Development Information Service (EU) |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau (now DBS) |
| CROS | Career Researcher Online Survey | York |
| CRD | Centre for Reviews and Dissemination | York |
| CRAC | Careers Research & Advisory Centre |
| CREMS | Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies | York |
| CRIS | Current Research Information System (or Caravan Registration and Identification Scheme) |
| CSR | Comprehensive Spending Review |
| CUC | Committee of University Chairs |
| CWS | Centre for Women's Studies | York |
| CYC | City of York Council |
| DA | Directly Allocated (research funding) |
| DARO | Development and Alumni Relations Office | York |
| DBS | Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) |
| DDS | Data Dissemination System (DDS) (HESA) |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DI | Directly Incurred (research funding) |
| DLHE | Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (6 month, longtitudinal 40 month?) |
| DMT | Departmental Management Team |
| DoHS | Department of Health Sciences | York |
| DPA | Data Protection Act |
| DRC | Departmental Research Committee | York |
| DSA | Disabled Students' Allowance |
| DTC | Doctoral Training Centre |
| DTLLS | DTLLS - Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector |
| DTP | Doctoral Training Partnership |
| DVC | Deputy Vice-Chancellor |
| DWS | Digital Work Space |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (financial term) |
| EC | European Commission |
| EEA | European Economic Area (EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and |
| EPSRC | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council |
| ESG | Enterprise Systems Group (formed from BSG+ESG) |
| ESSG | Enterprise Systems Steering Group |
| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council |
| ELQ | Equivalent or Lower Qualification |
| ERC | European Research Council |
| EU | European Union |
| e-Val | MRC Online Survey (now ResearchFish) |
| FD | Foundation Degree |
| FACTS | (subject)-Full Average Costs of Teaching a Student |
| fEC | Full Economic Costing (related to TRAC) |
| FASG | Faculty Admin Support Group | York |
| FB | Faculty Board | York |
| FEG | Faculty Executive Group | York |
| FLTG | Faculty Learning and Teaching Group | York |
| FRG | Faculty Research Group | York |
| FTSG | Faculty Technical Support Group | York |
| FOI(A) | Freedom of Information Act |
| FPE | Full Person Equivalent (HESA) |
| FRAM | Forecasting Routes, Admissions and Modules (UoY Project) |
| FSR | Finance Statistics Return (HESA) |
| FSSG | Financial Sustainability Strategy Group (HEFCE) |
| FST | Fee Status Code (HEFCE) (identifies whether a students pays Home or Overseas fees) |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
| GRUP | Global Research University Profiles |
| GTA | Graduate Teaching Assistant |
| GTP | Graduate Teacher Programme (Teaching Agency) |
| GtR | Gateway to Research |
| GTTR | Graduate Teacher Training Registry |
| HCS | HESA Course (HCS) records |
| HEAR | Higher Education Achievement Record |
| HEBCI(S) | Higher Education Business and Community Interaction (Survey) |
| HEBRG | Higher Education Better Regulation Group |
| HEBSS | Higher Education Bursary and Scholarship Scheme |
| HECoS | Higher Education Classification of Subjects (successor to JACS) |
| HEDIIP | Higher Education Data & Information Improvement Programme |
| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council for Wales |
| HEIDI | Higher Education Information Database for Institutions |
| HEIF | Higher Education Innovation Fund |
| HELOA | Higher Education Liaison Officers Association |
| HESA | Higher Education Statistics Agency |
| HESA IRIS | HESA's Information Reporting Interface Service |
| HESA (US) | Higher Education Strategy Associates (US publication, disambiguation) |
| HESES | Higher Education Students Early Statistics (Survey) run by HEFCE |
| HESPA | Higher Education Strategic Planners Association |
| HoD | Head of Department |
| HMS | HESA Module Subject |
| HRC | Humanities Research Centre |
| HSCI | Department of Health Sciences | York; DoHS is preferable |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure |
| HY | Higher York |
| ICARS | International CASE Alumni Relations Survey |
| IDC | Inter-Departmental Centre | York (e.g. Women's Studies, Medieval Studies) |
| IEE | Institute for Effective Education | York |
| IELTS | International English Language Testing System |
| INSET | In-service training (for teachers) |
| IPC | International Pathways College |
| ITSO | IT Support Office | York |
| ITT | Initial Teacher Training |
| JACS | Joint Academic Coding System (version 2, version 3) |
| Je-S | Joint Electronic Submissions (Research Councils) |
| JISC / Jisc | Jisc / Joint Information Systems Committee |
| KCL | King's College London |
| KIS | Key Information Sets |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KTP | Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| LE | Learning Environment (TEF) |
| LFA | Languages for All | LFA |
| LOA | Leave of absence |
| LPN | Low Participation Neighbourhood |
| LTP | Long Term Planning |
| MBBS | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery |
| MDS | Medical and Dental Survey |
| MOA | Mode of Attendance |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MTP | Medium Term Planning |
| NARIC | National Academic Recognition Information Centre (for the UK) |
| NCTL | National College for Teaching and Leadership |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research |
| NMS | New Modular Scheme | York |
| NPTF | Non-Publicly Funded Teaching (TRAC) |
| NSP | National Scholarship Programme (HEFCE) |
| NSS | National Student Survey |
| NUMS | New University Modularisation Scheme | York |
| ODBC | Open DataBase Connectivity |
| OFFA | Office for Fair Access |
| OFSTED | Office for Standards in Education |
| OfS | Office for Students |
| OPML | OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) |
| OPPA | Office of Philanthropic Partnerships and Alumni | York |
| ORCID | Open Researcher and Contributor ID |
| OTTP | Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (Teaching Agency) |
| PANIC | Short Term Planning |
| PEP | School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy | York |
| pFACT | Project Financial, Accounting and Costing Tool |
| PFT | Publicly Funded Teaching (TRAC) |
| PGCE | Postgraduate Certificate of Education |
| PGR | Postgraduate Research |
PGT | Postgraduate Taught |
| PGWT | Postgraduates Who Teach |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PI | Performance Indicator (National Statistics) |
| PI | Principal Investigator (Research) |
| PISG | Performance Indicators Steering Group (HEFCE) |
| PITG | Performance Indicators Technical Group (HEFCE) |
| PRDU | Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit | York |
| PRES | Postgraduate Research Experience Survey |
| PSRB | Professional or Statutory Regulatory Bodies |
| PTES | Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey |
| PTE | Pearson Test(s) of English |
| PVC | Pro Vice-Chancellor |
| QAS | Quick Applicant Setup (SITS) | York |
| QCDA | Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency |
| QR (HEFCE) | HEFCE Quality-Related Research Grant |
| QSS | Quick Student Setup (SITS) | York |
| QTS | Qualfied Teacher Status |
| RA | Research Associate |
| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise (old) |
| RC | Research Council |
| RCUK | Research Councils UK |
| REF | Research Excellence Framework |
| RGC | Research Grants and Contracts | York |
| RMAS | Research Management and Administration System |
| ROCE | Return On Capital Employed |
| ROS | Research Outcomes System |
| RPG | Regulatory Partnership Group | HEFCE |
| RSAT | Research Student Administration Team | York |
| RSP | Research Strategy and Policy | York |
| RTP | Registered Teacher Programme (Teaching Agency) |
| SATSU | Science and Technology Studies Unit | York |
| SCONUL | Society of College, National and University Libraries |
| SCA | Standing Committee on Assessment | York |
| SCC | Special Cases Committee | York |
| SDMI | Student Data and Management Information | York |
| SEI-Y | Stockholm Environment Institute at York | York |
| SES | Student Enquiry Screen |
| SET | Science, Engineering & Technology |
| SFC | Scottish Funding Council |
| SFE | Student Finance England |
| SFS | Student Financial Support (formerly SFSU) | York |
| SHA | Strategic Health Authority |
| SIG | Special Interest Group |
| SIVS | Strategically Important and Vulnerable Subjects |
| SKE | Subject Knowledge Enhancement (AGR for TA) |
| SLC | Student Loans Company |
| SMG | Senior Management Group | York (historic) |
| SNC | Student Number Control (HEFCE) |
| SO | Student Outcomes and Learning Gain (TEF) |
| SPA | Supporting Professionalism in Admissions |
| SPRU | Social Policy Research Unit | York |
| SPSW | Social Policy and Social Work | York |
| SPS | School of Social and Political Science | York |
| SRA | Student Recruitment and Admissions | York |
| SSC | Shared Services Centre (RCUK) |
| SSDT | Student Systems Development Team | York |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| SSR | Staff-Student Ratio |
| STAR-J | File provided by UCAS to HEIs at the end of the application cycle (once examination results have been confirmed; usually mid-to-late November). Containing demographic data about York's accepted applicants. |
| STAR-X | File provided on request by UCAS to HEIs at the end of the application cycle (once examination results have been confirmed; usually mid-to-late November). Containing demographic data about all York's applicants (i.e., for both received applications and placed applicants). |
| STFC | Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics |
| STEMM | Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine |
| T (HEFCE) | HEFCE Teaching Grant |
| TA | Teaching Agency (now National College for Teaching and Leadership) |
| TA | Transactional Analysis |
| TEL | Technology Enhanced Learning |
| TDA | Teaching Development Agency (then TA, now NCTL) |
| TDE | Tableau Data Extract |
| TDS | Tableau Data Connection |
| TEF | Teaching Excellence Framework |
| TFTV | Theatre, Film and Television | York |
| THE/THES | Times Higher Education (Supplement) |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TLDR (TL;DR) | Too Long; Didn't Read |
| TNE | Transnational Education |
| TOEFL | TOEFL (formerly Test Of English as a Foreign Language) |
| TQ | Teaching Quality (TEF) |
| TRAC | TRansparent Approach to Costing |
| TTME | Targeting Tracking Monitoring and Evaluation |
| TYMS | The York Management School | York |
| TWB | Tableau WorkBook |
| TWBX | Tableau WorkBook with eXtract (Packaged workbook) | |
| UAT |
| User Acceptance Testing | |
UCAS | Universities and Colleges Admissions Service |
| UCISA | Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association |
| UCL | University College London |
| UEB | University Executive Board | York |
| UG | Undergraduate |
| UKBA | UK Border Agency (Former) |
| UKCISA | UK Council for International Student Affairs |
| UKPRN | The UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN) is an identification number assigned to providers who register with the UKRLP. |
| UKRLP | UK Register of Learning Providers |
UKRO | UK Research Office |
| UKVI | UK Visas and Immigration |
| UPP | Universities Partnerships Programme |
| UoA | Unit of Assessment |
| UoY | The University of York |
| URC | University Research Committee |
| UTC | University Teaching Committee |
| UUK | Universities UK |
| VC | Vice-Chancellor |
| VCIF | Vice-Chancellor's Initiative Fund |
| VLE | Virtual Learning Environment |
| YC / YCL | York College |
| YCCSA | York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis | York |
| YESI | York Environmental Sustainability Institute | York |
| YHEC | York Health Economics Consortium |
| YNiC | York Neuroimaging Centre | York |
| YRD | York Research Database | York |
| YSIS | York Students In Schools | York |
| YSJ | York St John |
| WP | Widening Participation |
| WPSA | Widening Participation Strategic Assessment (relates to OFFA) |
| WRoCAH | White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities |
| WRRO | White Rose Research Online |
| WSG | Web Services Group (former) | York |
| XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
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