E-J
E F G H I J
EAGE – European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
EEA – European Environment Agency
EARN – European Academic and Research Network – See TERENA.
EDINA – Edinburgh Data & Information Access. The Datacentre selected in June 1995 as a result of the call for proposals in JISC Circular 5/95, issued on 9 May 1995. This is based at Edinburgh University (a JISC funded service).eLib Electronic Libraries Programme, resulting from the Follett report (see JISC below).
EFG – European Federation of Geologists (FEG to francophones)
EGU – European Geosciences Union. Formerly EGU – European Union of Geosciences
EI – Energy Institute
EN – English Nature. Now NE – Natural England, q.v.
EPSRC – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (formerly SERC, Science and Engineering ResearchCouncil).
ESA – European Space Agency
ESCALATE – Education Subject Centre Advancing Learning and Teaching in Education
ESRC – Economic & Social Research Council
ESEF(EW) – Earth Science Education Forum for England and Wales
ESEU – Earth Science Education Unit (Keele University)
ESTA – Earth Science Teachers Association (based in UK)
EUG – European Union of Geosciences. Now EGU – European Geosciences Union, q.v.
EuroCAIRN – European Co-operation for Academic and Industrial Research Networking. (Project ran 1993-1996)
FE – Further Education
FLAP – Flexible Learning Approach to Physics (a TLTP project). Site no longer current.
FOLLETT – Sir Brian Follett, former VC of Warwick University, chaired the review team that produced a report for the Joint Funding Councils on Libraries and IT in the higher education community (December 1993) which has come to be known as the Follett Report.
FIGIT – Follett Implementation Group for Information Technology, a sub-committee of
JISC. Their programme is called the Electronic Libraries Programme, eLib.
GA – Geologists' Association
GC – Generic Centre (part of the LTSN)
GDN – Geography Discipline Network
GEES – Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (the Subject Centre’s discipline remit)
Geoscience Australia - Provides geoscientific information and knowledge to the Australian Government and community, www.ga.gov.au
GF – Ground Forum
GIS – Geographical Information System
GNU – Geography for the New Undergraduate (an FDTL project)
GNVQ – General National Vocational Qualification
GPS – Global Positioning System
GSA – Geological Society of America
GSL – The Geological Society (of London)
GSI - Geological Survey of Ireland
GSJ - Geological Survey of Japan
HEA – Higher Education Academy
HEFCE – Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEFCW – Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
HEI – Higher Education Institution
HEQC – The Higher Education Quality Council. Now replaced by QAA, q.v.
HERDSA – Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HESDA – Higher Education Staff Development Agency. Now LFHE – Leadership for Higher Education, q.v.
HILP – Hertfordshire Integrated Learning Project (an FDTL project)
HTML – hypertext markup language
HPCG – High Performance Computing Group.
HTTP – hypertext transfer protocol
IAEG – International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
IAG – International Association of Geoanalysts
IAH – International Association of Hydrogeologists
IAHS – International Association of Hydrological Sciences (or AIHS to the French)
IAVCEI – International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
ICE – Institution of Civil Engineers
ICSU – International Council for Science. Formerly International Council of Scientific Unions (name has changed but abbreviation has stayed the same)
IGC – International Geological Congress
IGCP – International Geoscience Programme. Formerly International Geological Correlation Programme (name has changed but abbreviation has stayed the same)
IGEO – International Geoscience Education Organisation
IGME – Greek Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration
IGME – Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration (Spain)
IGY – International Geophysical Year
ILT – Institute for Learning and Teaching. Now part of the HEA, q.v.
IMAGE – Interactive Mathematics and Geoscience Education (an FDTL project)
IMMM – (I triple M) Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Formerly IMM. Commonly referred to as IOM3, q.v.
INLT – International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education
INHIGEO – International [Commission on the] History of Geological Sciences
INTUTE – Formerly RDN – Research Discovery Network
IOB – Institute of Biology
IOM3 – Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Sometimes referred to as the IMMM, q.v.
IOP – Institute of Physics
IP – Institute of Petroleum. Incorporated within the EI – Energy Institute, q.v.
IPA – Indonesian Petroleum Association
IPY – International Polar Year
ISSG – Information Strategies Steering Group, a sub-committee of JISC.
IUGG – International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
IUGS – International Union of Geological Sciences
IYPE – International Year of Planet Earth
JESEC – Joint Earth Science Education Committee - now defunct talking shop for organisations remotely connected with education
JESEI – Joint Earth Science Education Initiative
JIBS – JISC Bibliographic Service User Group (before 1996 was known as the BIDS User Group).
JISC – Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils
JNCC – Joint Nature Conservation Committee
JNT – Joint Network Team - replaced by UKERNA.
JSPS – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (gives grants for both students and staff not previously associated with Japan to do science research there). Contact your nearest Embassy of Japan or Consulate for more information. Both the Royal Society and the British Academy promote JSPS programmes.
E
EA – Environment AgencyEAGE – European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
EEA – European Environment Agency
EARN – European Academic and Research Network – See TERENA.
EDINA – Edinburgh Data & Information Access. The Datacentre selected in June 1995 as a result of the call for proposals in JISC Circular 5/95, issued on 9 May 1995. This is based at Edinburgh University (a JISC funded service).eLib Electronic Libraries Programme, resulting from the Follett report (see JISC below).
EFG – European Federation of Geologists (FEG to francophones)
EGU – European Geosciences Union. Formerly EGU – European Union of Geosciences
EI – Energy Institute
EN – English Nature. Now NE – Natural England, q.v.
EPSRC – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (formerly SERC, Science and Engineering ResearchCouncil).
ESA – European Space Agency
ESCALATE – Education Subject Centre Advancing Learning and Teaching in Education
ESRC – Economic & Social Research Council
ESEF(EW) – Earth Science Education Forum for England and Wales
ESEU – Earth Science Education Unit (Keele University)
ESTA – Earth Science Teachers Association (based in UK)
EUG – European Union of Geosciences. Now EGU – European Geosciences Union, q.v.
EuroCAIRN – European Co-operation for Academic and Industrial Research Networking. (Project ran 1993-1996)
F
FDTL – Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (a HEFCE programme)FE – Further Education
FLAP – Flexible Learning Approach to Physics (a TLTP project). Site no longer current.
FOLLETT – Sir Brian Follett, former VC of Warwick University, chaired the review team that produced a report for the Joint Funding Councils on Libraries and IT in the higher education community (December 1993) which has come to be known as the Follett Report.
FIGIT – Follett Implementation Group for Information Technology, a sub-committee of
JISC. Their programme is called the Electronic Libraries Programme, eLib.
G
GA – Geographical AssociationGA – Geologists' Association
GC – Generic Centre (part of the LTSN)
GDN – Geography Discipline Network
GEES – Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (the Subject Centre’s discipline remit)
Geoscience Australia - Provides geoscientific information and knowledge to the Australian Government and community, www.ga.gov.au
GF – Ground Forum
GIS – Geographical Information System
GNU – Geography for the New Undergraduate (an FDTL project)
GNVQ – General National Vocational Qualification
GPS – Global Positioning System
GSA – Geological Society of America
GSL – The Geological Society (of London)
GSI - Geological Survey of Ireland
GSJ - Geological Survey of Japan
H
HE – Higher EducationHEA – Higher Education Academy
HEFCE – Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEFCW – Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
HEI – Higher Education Institution
HEQC – The Higher Education Quality Council. Now replaced by QAA, q.v.
HERDSA – Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia
HESDA – Higher Education Staff Development Agency. Now LFHE – Leadership for Higher Education, q.v.
HILP – Hertfordshire Integrated Learning Project (an FDTL project)
HTML – hypertext markup language
HPCG – High Performance Computing Group.
HTTP – hypertext transfer protocol
I
IAEA – International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEG – International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
IAG – International Association of Geoanalysts
IAH – International Association of Hydrogeologists
IAHS – International Association of Hydrological Sciences (or AIHS to the French)
IAVCEI – International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
ICE – Institution of Civil Engineers
ICSU – International Council for Science. Formerly International Council of Scientific Unions (name has changed but abbreviation has stayed the same)
IGC – International Geological Congress
IGCP – International Geoscience Programme. Formerly International Geological Correlation Programme (name has changed but abbreviation has stayed the same)
IGEO – International Geoscience Education Organisation
IGME – Greek Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration
IGME – Institute of Geology & Mineral Exploration (Spain)
IGY – International Geophysical Year
ILT – Institute for Learning and Teaching. Now part of the HEA, q.v.
IMAGE – Interactive Mathematics and Geoscience Education (an FDTL project)
IMMM – (I triple M) Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Formerly IMM. Commonly referred to as IOM3, q.v.
INLT – International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education
INHIGEO – International [Commission on the] History of Geological Sciences
INTUTE – Formerly RDN – Research Discovery Network
IOB – Institute of Biology
IOM3 – Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Sometimes referred to as the IMMM, q.v.
IOP – Institute of Physics
IP – Institute of Petroleum. Incorporated within the EI – Energy Institute, q.v.
IPA – Indonesian Petroleum Association
IPY – International Polar Year
ISSG – Information Strategies Steering Group, a sub-committee of JISC.
IUGG – International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
IUGS – International Union of Geological Sciences
IYPE – International Year of Planet Earth
J
JANET – Joint Academic NetworkJESEC – Joint Earth Science Education Committee - now defunct talking shop for organisations remotely connected with education
JESEI – Joint Earth Science Education Initiative
JIBS – JISC Bibliographic Service User Group (before 1996 was known as the BIDS User Group).
JISC – Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils
JNCC – Joint Nature Conservation Committee
JNT – Joint Network Team - replaced by UKERNA.
JSPS – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (gives grants for both students and staff not previously associated with Japan to do science research there). Contact your nearest Embassy of Japan or Consulate for more information. Both the Royal Society and the British Academy promote JSPS programmes.