APPENDIX 5: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
ABPI Association of the British Pharmaceutical
Industry
ACME Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education
AMS Academy of Medical Sciences
BCS British Computer Society
BIS Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills
CaSE Campaign or Science and Engineering
CASE Collaborative Awards in Science and
Engineering
CBI Confederation of British Industry
CIHE Council for Industry and Higher Education
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CRAC Careers Research and Advisory Centre
DTC Doctoral Training Centre
EEA European Economic Area
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
EU European Union
FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FHEQ Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education
GSK GlaxoSmithKline
HE Higher Education
HEA Higher Education Academy
HECSU Higher Education Careers Services Unit
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency
HEI Higher Education Institution
HMC Headmasters' and Headmistress' Conference
HO Home Office
IET Institution of Engineering and Technology
IPPR Institution for Public Policy Research
IUSS Innovation, Universities, Science and
Skills
JACS Joint Academic Coding System
KIS Key Information Set
NSS National Student Survey
NUS National Union of Students
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
OFFA Office for Fair Access
OFSTED Office for Standards in Education, Children's
Services and Skills
OIA Office of the Independent Adjudicator
PSW Post Study Work
QAA Quality Assurance Agency
QCDA Qualifications and Curriculum Development
Agency
RAE Research Assessment Exercise
REF Research Excellence Framework
RCS Royal Society of Chemistry
RCUK Research Council UK
SEPNet South East Physics Network
SIVS Strategically Important and Vulnerable
Subjects
SME Small and Medium Enterprise
SSC Sector Skills Council
STA Standards and Testing Agency
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
UCAS Universities and Colleges Admissions
Service
UG Undergraduate
UKBA UK Border Agency
UKCES UK Commission for Employment and Skills
UKCISA UK Council for International Student Affairs
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
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