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A B C D
AAG – Association of Applied Geochemists
AAPG – American Association of Petroleum Geologists
ABHPC – Advisory Body on High Performance Computing
ACN – Advisory Committee on Networking, a sub-committee of JISC.
AEG – Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
AEGS – Association of European Geological Societies
AFRC – Agricultural & Food Research Council - Now the BBSRC, q.v.
AGI – American Geological Institute
AGI – Association for Geographic Information
AGU – American Geophysical Union
AOCG – Advisory Committee on Computer Graphics, based at Loughborough University.
AHDS – Arts and Humanities Data Service. The Executive for this distributed service is sited at King's College London, which was selected in June 1995 as a result of the call for proposals in JISC Circular 5/95, issued on 9 May 1995 (a JISC funded service).
AHUA – Association of Heads of University Administration
ALT – Association for Learning Technology
ASE – Association for Science Education
BERR – Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
BGS – British Geological Survey
BIDS – Bath Information and Data Services (a JISC funded service)
BIRON – Bibliographic Information Retrieval Online - ESRC Data Archive's online catalogue and topic index, based at the University of Essex.
BRGM – France's leading public institution involved in the Earth Science field for the sustainable management of natural resources and surface and subsurface risks, www.brgm.fr
British Science Association – advances the public understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering, www.britishscienceassociation.org
BUBL – Bulletin Board for Libraries, run from Strathclyde University, hosted on the UKOLN computer at the University of Bath (a JISC funded service).
CAI – Computer Assisted Instruction
CAL – Computer Assisted Learning
CASE – Campaign for Science and Engineering
CASTLE – Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning (still available but not updated since 2005)
CBA – Computer Based Assessment
CBL – Computer Based Learning
CBT – Computer Based Training
CCAA – Computer Aided Assessment
CCW – Countryside Council for Wales
CEBE – Centre for Education in the Built Environment
CHES – Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences
CEI – Committee for Electronic Information. Later the JISC Integrated Information Environment Committee
CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team (See UKCERT).
CHEAD – Council for Higher Education in Art and Design. The principle forum for those involved in the strategic management of UK Art & Design in Higher Education. It comprises the most senior person with management responsibility for art and design in each of its member institutions.
CHEST – Combined Higher Education Software Team - negotiates deals for software and datasets for the higher education and research community, based at the Universities of Bath and De Montfort (an JISC funded service).
CHMS – Committee of Heads of University Medical Schools ("the CHUMS", informally)
CHUGD – Committee of Heads of Geoscience Departments
CIWEM – Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management
CLUES – Centre for Computer Based Learning in Land Use and Environmental Sciences
CPD – Continuing Professional Development
COSHEP – Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals.
COUSNS – Committee Of UK Subject-based Network Services. COUSNS provides a forum for the subject-based network services funded by JISC to identify shared interests.
CPC – Circum-Pacific Council [for Energy and Mineral Resources]
CPD – Continuing Professional Development
CSE – Centre for Science Education (Sheffield Hallam University)
CTI – Computers in Teaching Initiative. CTI comprises 24 subject-based centres working to encourage the use of learning technologies in UK higher education. (Defunct)
CURL – Consortium of University and Research Libraries. Now RLUK Research Libraries UK, q.v.
CVCP – Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Defunct name for Universities UK (qv)
DECC – Department of Energy and Climate Change
DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DENI – Department for Education in Northern Ireland
DfES – Department for Education and Skills. Superceded by DCSF, q.v.
DIAG – Datasets Inter Agency Group, made up of representatives from higher education and the Research Councils. (Defunct)
A
AAAS – American Association for the Advancement of Science (see BA). AAAS still uses the full acronym, since to shorten it (as BAAS has done in the UK) would cause confusion with Alcoholics Anonymous.AAG – Association of Applied Geochemists
AAPG – American Association of Petroleum Geologists
ABHPC – Advisory Body on High Performance Computing
ACN – Advisory Committee on Networking, a sub-committee of JISC.
AEG – Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists
AEGS – Association of European Geological Societies
AFRC – Agricultural & Food Research Council - Now the BBSRC, q.v.
AGI – American Geological Institute
AGI – Association for Geographic Information
AGU – American Geophysical Union
AOCG – Advisory Committee on Computer Graphics, based at Loughborough University.
AHDS – Arts and Humanities Data Service. The Executive for this distributed service is sited at King's College London, which was selected in June 1995 as a result of the call for proposals in JISC Circular 5/95, issued on 9 May 1995 (a JISC funded service).
AHUA – Association of Heads of University Administration
ALT – Association for Learning Technology
ASE – Association for Science Education
B
BBSRC – Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (formerly AFRC).BERR – Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
BGS – British Geological Survey
BIDS – Bath Information and Data Services (a JISC funded service)
BIRON – Bibliographic Information Retrieval Online - ESRC Data Archive's online catalogue and topic index, based at the University of Essex.
BRGM – France's leading public institution involved in the Earth Science field for the sustainable management of natural resources and surface and subsurface risks, www.brgm.fr
British Science Association – advances the public understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering, www.britishscienceassociation.org
BUBL – Bulletin Board for Libraries, run from Strathclyde University, hosted on the UKOLN computer at the University of Bath (a JISC funded service).
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C&IT – Communications and Information TechnologyCAI – Computer Assisted Instruction
CAL – Computer Assisted Learning
CASE – Campaign for Science and Engineering
CASTLE – Computer Assisted Teaching and Learning (still available but not updated since 2005)
CBA – Computer Based Assessment
CBL – Computer Based Learning
CBT – Computer Based Training
CCAA – Computer Aided Assessment
CCW – Countryside Council for Wales
CEBE – Centre for Education in the Built Environment
CHES – Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences
CEI – Committee for Electronic Information. Later the JISC Integrated Information Environment Committee
CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team (See UKCERT).
CHEAD – Council for Higher Education in Art and Design. The principle forum for those involved in the strategic management of UK Art & Design in Higher Education. It comprises the most senior person with management responsibility for art and design in each of its member institutions.
CHEST – Combined Higher Education Software Team - negotiates deals for software and datasets for the higher education and research community, based at the Universities of Bath and De Montfort (an JISC funded service).
CHMS – Committee of Heads of University Medical Schools ("the CHUMS", informally)
CHUGD – Committee of Heads of Geoscience Departments
CIWEM – Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management
CLUES – Centre for Computer Based Learning in Land Use and Environmental Sciences
CPD – Continuing Professional Development
COSHEP – Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals.
COUSNS – Committee Of UK Subject-based Network Services. COUSNS provides a forum for the subject-based network services funded by JISC to identify shared interests.
CPC – Circum-Pacific Council [for Energy and Mineral Resources]
CPD – Continuing Professional Development
CSE – Centre for Science Education (Sheffield Hallam University)
CTI – Computers in Teaching Initiative. CTI comprises 24 subject-based centres working to encourage the use of learning technologies in UK higher education. (Defunct)
CURL – Consortium of University and Research Libraries. Now RLUK Research Libraries UK, q.v.
CVCP – Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Defunct name for Universities UK (qv)
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DCSF – Department for Children, Schools and FamiliesDECC – Department of Energy and Climate Change
DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DENI – Department for Education in Northern Ireland
DfES – Department for Education and Skills. Superceded by DCSF, q.v.
DIAG – Datasets Inter Agency Group, made up of representatives from higher education and the Research Councils. (Defunct)