ASC | Association of Scotland's Colleges |
AY | Academic year |
BRITE | Beattie Resources for Inclusiveness in Technology and Education |
CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
DPG | Dominant programme group |
DfES | Department for Education and Skills |
EFQM | European Foundation for Quality Management |
EIS | Educational Institute of Scotland |
ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
ETLLD | Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department |
FE | Further Education |
FTE | Full-time equivalent |
FY | Financial year |
GTCS | General Teaching Council for Scotland |
HE | Higher Education |
HEIs | Higher education institutions |
HMIE | Her Majesy's Inspectorate of Education |
ICLT | Information, Communication and Learning Technologies |
ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
IiP | Investors in People |
ITT/ ITE | Initial Teacher Training/Education |
LLUK | Lifelong Learning UK |
NUS | National Union of Students |
PDAs/Us | Professional Development Awards/Units |
PDF | Professional Development Forum |
PPP | Public Private Partnership |
QELTM | Quality and Equality of Learning and Teaching Material |
RoSCO | Review of Scotland's Colleges |
SDOs | Staff Development Officers |
SFC | Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council |
SFEU | Scottish Further Education Unit |
SLALE | Staffing, Learners and Learning Environments |
SPARQS | Student Participation in Quality Scotland |
SQA | Scottish Qualifications Authority |
SR | Spending review |
STUC | Scottish Trades Union Congress |
SUMs | Student units of measurement |
TEIs | Teacher education institutions |
TQ( FE) | Teaching Qualification (Further Education) |
ULRs | Union Learning Representatives |
VLEs | Virtual Learning Environments |