AAV | Annual Assessment Visit |
ACL | Adult and Community Learning |
ACM | Association for College Management |
ACOP | Audit Code of Practice |
ALF | Average Level of Funding |
ALI | Adult Learning Inspectorate (merging with Ofsted) |
ALP | Association of Learning Providers |
AoC | Association of Colleges |
AQA | Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
(an awarding body) |
AUT | Association of University Teachers
(merged with NATFHE to form UCU) |
BECTA | British Educational and Communications Technology Agency |
BSA | Basic Skills Agency |
CEL | Centre for Excellence in Leadership |
CGLI | City and Guilds of London Institute
(an awarding body) |
CIF | Common Inspection Framework |
CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
COVE | Centre of Vocational Excellence |
CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
DBERR | Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
|
DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families
|
DfES | Department for Education and Skills (replaced June 2007)
|
DIUS | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
|
DTI | Department for Trade and Industry |
DWP | Department for Work and Pensions
|
ECM | Every Child Matters |
EMA | Education Maintenance Allowance |
EDIMs | Equality and Diversity Impact Measures |
ENTO | Employment National Training Organisation |
ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
FAQ | Frequently-Asked Question |
FEFC | Further Education Funding Council (no longer exists) |
FM | Financial Memorandum |
GGPG | Governance Good Practice Guide |
GGSPS | Good Governance Standard for Public Services |
GNVQ | General National Vocational Qualification |
HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
lAG or I & A | Instrument and Articles of Government |
IAS | Internal Audit Service |
ICSA | Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators |
ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
liP | Investors in People |
ILR | Individual Learner Record |
ILT | Information and Learning Technology |
IS | Improvement Strategy (previously the Quality Improvement Strategy) |
IT | Information Technology |
LLUK | Lifelong Learning UK (the Sector Skills Council for learning and skills) |
LSC | Learning and Skills Council (national and regional/local ) the local LSC is sometimes referred to as the LLSC) |
LSG | Leadership Skills for Governance
(programme of support for those involved in governance) |
LSN | Learning and Skills Network |
MIS | Management Information Systems |
NCVO | National Council for Voluntary Organisations |
NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
NAO | National Audit Office |
NATFHE | National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
(now UCU) |
NIACE | National Institute of Adult Continuing Education |
NQF | National Qualifications Framework |
NTA | National Training Award |
NTO | National Training Organisation
(replaced by Sector Skills Councils) |
NUS | National Union of Students |
NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
OCN | Open College Network |
OCR | Oxford, Cambridge and RSA (an awarding body) |
Ofsted | Office for Standards in Education
(merging with ALI to form one single inspectorate) |
PCDL
| Personal and Community Development Learning |
PFA | Provider Financial Assurance
(national, regional and local LSC Audit Team) |
PIAP | Post-Inspection Action Plan |
PPR | Provider Performance Review |
QAA | Qualifications Assessment Agency |
QCA | Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
QIA | Quality Improvement Agency |
QIP | Quality Improvement Plan |
QIS | Quality Improvement Strategy
(now the Improvement Strategy) |
RDA | Regional Development Agency |
RES | Race Equality Standard |
RES | Regional Economic Strategy |
SAQ | Self-Assessment Questionnaire (Regularity Audit) |
SAR | Self-Assessment Report |
SARQ | Self-Assessment Report Questionnaire (refers to LSC PFA audit) |
SBS | Small Business Service |
SFCEF | Sixth Form College Employers' Forum |
SMT | Senior Management Team |
SPH | Senior Post Holder |
SSC | Sector Skills Council |
T2G | Train to Gain |
TES | Times Educational Supplement |
THES | Times Higher Educational Supplement |
Ufl | University for Industry |
UCU | University and Colleges Union
(NATFHE and AUT merged from June 2006) |
WBL | Work Based Learning |
WEA | Workers' Educational Association |
