ACFHE - Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education
ACU - Association of Commonwealth Universities
Adm - Admissions
AHUA - Association of Heads of University Administration
ALP - Anglia Language Programme
ALSS - Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, Faculty of
AMRC - Association of Medical Research Charities
AO - Academic Office
APEL - Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning
ARC - Academic Registrars Council
ARISE - Anglia Ruskin Initiative for Student Engagement
ARMA - Association of Research Managers & Administrators
ARMED - Active Risk Management in Education
AUEE - Association of Universities in the East of England
B2C - Business to consumer
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CISW - Certificate in Social Work
CMT - Corporate Management Team
CNAA - Council for National Academic Awards
CoWA - College of West Anglia
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CRIC - Cambridge Ruskin International College
CTF - Cambridge Theological Federation
DAP - Departmental Assessment Panel
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act
DoS - Director of Studies
DVC - Deputy Vice Chancellor
E&F - Estates and Facilities
e-vision - web-enabled version of Anglia Ruskin's Student Admin System (commonly referred to as SITS)
EB - Employment Bureau
EEDA - East of England Development Agency
ELT - English Language Teaching
ELT - External Liaison Team
EO - Equal Opportunities
ESF - European Social Fund
ESRC - Economic and Social Research Council
FB - Faculty Board
Fd - Foundation Degree
FEC - Further Education Corporation
FHSCE - Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education
FMT - Faculty Management Group
FRDSC - Faculty Research Degrees Subcommittee
FREP - Faculty Research Ethics Panel
FST - Faculty of Science and Technology
HEFCE - Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEI - Higher Education Institution
HESA - Higher Education Statistics Agency
HRC - Huntingdonshire Regional College
HRS - Human Resources Services
IBL - Inquiry Based Learning
IR - International Relations
IR&A - Institutional Review & Audit
ITS - IT Services
JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee
KTP - Knowledge Transfer Partnership
LAIBS - Lord Ashcroft International Business School
LMI - Labour Market Intelligence
LSC - Learning & Skills Council
MARR - Marketing Admissions Recruitment and Retention Group
MDF - Module Definition Form
MIP - Maintenance Investment Programme
NHS - National Health Service
NSS - National Student Survey
NTI - New Technology Institute
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
OA1 - The Overseas Activity form that staff must complete 3 weeks in advance of international travel. The on-line system for processing these is at http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/oa1form
OU - Open University
PGCE - Post Graduate Certificate of Education
PRC - Peterborough Regional College
PSF - Pathway Specification Form
PVC - Pro Vice Chancellor
QA - Quality Assurance
QAA - Quality Assurance Agency
QAU - Quality Assurance Unit
QSC - Quality and Standards Committee
RAE - Research Assessment Exercise
RDCS - Research, Development and Commercial Services
RDSC - Research Degrees Subcommittee
REF - Research Excellence Framework
RESC - Research Ethics Sub-Committee
RM - Risk Management
SBS - Small Business Service
SCoP - Senate Code of Practice
SEEC - South East Essex College
SEEVIC - South East Essex VI Form Community College (now known as SEEVIC College)
SENDA - Special Educational Needs and Disability Act
SITS - Strategic Information Technology Services - the company that supplies the University's student admin software. The software is called SITS:Vision
SME - Small/ Medium Enterprise
SPD - Sponsored Programmes Unit
SS - Student Services
SSIG - Student Satisfaction Improvement Group
TA - Teaching Assistants
TAB - Thurrock & Basildon College
TGSE - Thames Gateway South Essex
TGSP - Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership
TTA - Teacher Training Agency
UAS - University Accommodation Services
UCAS - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
UCP - University Centre Peterborough
UCWA - University College, West Anglia
UfI - University for Industry
USU - University/Student Union Liaison
UUK - Universities UK
VCG - Vice Chancellors Group
VLE - Virtual Learning Environment
WebCT - Web Course Tools:-The software platform that Anglia Ruskin uses to deliver Modules and Courses online