| ASKe | Assessment Standards Knowledge Exchange
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| ASNs | Additional Student Numbers
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| BIS | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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| CBI | Confederation of British Industry
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| CNAA | Council for National Academic Awards
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| CPD | Continuing Professional Development
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| DCSF | Department for Children, Schools and Families
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| DELNI | Department for Employment and Learning (in Northern Ireland)
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| DIUS | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
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| ECUK
| Engineering Council UK |
| ELQ | Students studying for qualifications equivalent or lower to qualification they already have attained
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| FE | Further education |
| FEC | Further education college
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| GCE | General Certificate of Education
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| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education
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| HE | Higher education |
| HEAR | Higher Education Achievement Report
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| HEDG | Heads of Educational Development Group
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| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England
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| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
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| HEI | Higher Education Institution
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| HEIFES | Higher Education in Further Education: Students Survey
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| HEPI | Higher Education Policy Institute
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| HESA | Higher Education Statistics Agency
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| HESES | Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey
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| IoD | Institute of Directors
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| Level 3 | Level 3 qualifications include A-levels and certain diplomas
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| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NSS | National Student Survey
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| NUS | National Union of Students
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| NVQ | National vocational qualifications are work-related, competence-based qualifications.
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| OFFA | Office for Fair Access
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| PGCE | Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Higher Education
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| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| QAA | Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
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| QR funding | Funding provided for quality-related research
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| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise
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| REF | Research Excellence Framework
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| SACWG | Student Assessment and Classification Working Group
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| SEDA | Staff and Educational Development Association
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| SEMTA | Sector Skills Council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies
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| SFC | Scottish Funding Council
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| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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| UCAL | University of California
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| UCAS | Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
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| UCL | University College London
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| UCU | University and College Union
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| UKCES | UK Commission for Employment and Skills
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| UUK | Universities UK |
