| 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 | |||
| BAME | Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (also BME, BEM and other variations) | |||
| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | |||
| BGP | Block Grant Partnership (AHRC funding framework for PhD studentships) | |||
| BEIS | (Department for) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |||
| 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 | |||
| MRAO | Marketing, Recruitment, Admissions, and Outreach | York | ||
| 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 | Qualified 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 | |||
| TFTI | Theatre, Film, Television, and Interactive Media | 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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