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This page contains a list of acronyms and brief definitions used within this site and within LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network publications and Link to Glossary of terrns used in Teaching and Learning in HE .
If you think of any other items which should be listed on this page then please contact me.
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Robert Surowiec ( R.L.Surowiec@bham.ac.uk
)
Information Officer
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| AMT | Advanced Mathematical Thinking, a working group of the British Society for Research in Learning Mathematics |
| AoC | Association of Colleges (AoC) |
| ARUME | Academic Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, now recognised in USA as a new academic subject area |
| AQA | AQA is an awarding body (formerly AEB, NEAB and City & Guilds) |
| AQE | Assessment of the Quality of Education |
| ATM | Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) |
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| BBC FE | BBC further education. For information on key skills, visit: http://www.bbc,co.uk/education/fe/skills/index.shtml |
| BCME | British Congress of Mathematics Education: http://www.bcme.org.uk/ |
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| CAA | Computer Aided Assessment |
| CAL | Computer Aided Learning |
| C&IT | Communications and Information Technology |
| CHEST | Combined Higher Education Software Team |
| CMS | The Council for the Mathematical Sciences: http://www.cms.ac.uk/ |
| CT | Communication Technologies |
| CTI | Computers in Teaching Initiative |
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| DENI | Department for Education in Northern Ireland |
| DfEE | Department for Education and Employment (DfEE). For information on the Progress File visit: http://www.dfee.gov.uk/progfile/index.shtml |
| DNER | Distributed National Electronic Resource |
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| Edexcel | Edexcel is an awarding body (formerly ULEAC and BTEC) |
| EFFECTS | Effective Framework for Embedding C&IT using Targetted Support |
| EMS | Edinburgh Mathematical Society |
| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council |
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| FDTL | Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning. More info... |
| FE | Further Education |
| FEFC | Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) |
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| GLTC | Generic Learning and Teaching Centre |
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| HEI | Higher Education Initiative |
| HoDoMS | Heads of Department of Mathematical Sciences |
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| ILT | Institute for Learning and Teaching |
| IMA | Institute for Mathematics and its Applications |
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| JANET | Joint Academic NETwork (also SuperJANET) |
| JISC | Joint Information Systems Committee |
| JISC ASSIST | JISC Activities, Services & Special Initiatives Support Team |
| JTAP | JISC Technology Applications Programme |
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| LMS | London Mathematical Society |
| LSDA | Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA)(ex Further Education Development Agency (FEDA). For information on GNVQ support programme, visit: www.vocationallearning.org.uk |
| LTDI | Learning Teachnology Dissemination Initiative |
| LTSN | Learning and Teaching Support Network |
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| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MA | The Mathematical Association |
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| MathSkills | DfEE discipline network supported by HoDoMS and the IMA |
| MEANS | Matching Education, Assessment and Employment Needs in Statistics - DfEE discipline network at the RSSCSE |
| MSOR | Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research |
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| NCIHE | National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (Dearing Report) |
| NEC | National Extension College (NEC) |
| NISS | National Information on Systems & Services |
| NTU | Nottingham Trent University |
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| OCR | OCR is an awarding body (formerly Oxford and Cambridge and RSA Examination Boards) |
| Ofsted | Office of Standards in Education (Ofsted) |
| OLF | Open Learning Foundation |
| ORS | Operational Research Society |
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| QAA | Quality Assurance Agency |
| QCA | Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) |
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| RDN | Resource Discovery Network |
| RSS | Royal Statistical Society |
| RSSCSE | Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education |
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| SEDA | Staff Educational Development Association |
| SHEFC | Scottish Higher Education Funding Council |
| STEPS | Statistical Education through Problem Solving (a TLTP project) |
| SUMSMAN | Scottish Universities Mathematics and Statistics across the MANs |
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| TALISMAN | Teaching and Learning in the Scottish MANs |
| TLTP | Teaching and Learning Technology Programme |
| TQEF | Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund |
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| UCAS | University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) |
| UFI | University for Industry |
| UKERNA | UK Educational and Networking Association |
| UKOLN | UK Office for Library and Information Networking |
| UMI | Use of the Metropolitan Area Network |
| UMTC | Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference |
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Last revised: Friday, 27-Jan-2006 16:32:00 GMT