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SBS – Save British Science Society. Now CASE, q.v.
SC – Subject Centre
SCL – Student Centred Learning
SCONUL – Society of College National and University Libraries.
(formerly Standing Council on ...)
SCOP – Standing Conference of Principals, now GuildHE
SEDA – Staff and Education Development Association
SEED – Science Education Enhancement and Development (a University of Plymouth basedFDTL project - Archived site)
SEG – Society of Exploration Geophysicists
SEPM – SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (formerly the Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists. The name was changed but not the acronym).
SERC – Defunct - see PPARC
SESEF – Scottish Earth Science Education Forum
SFC – Scottish Funding Council
SHEFC – Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
SIMA – Support Initiative for Multimedia Initiatives, run by AGOCG and funded through the New Technologies Initiative.
SINC – Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. See also RIGS and UKRIGS
SOSIG – Social Science Information Gateway - see "Intute"
SPARC – Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
SPAT – Student Progression and Transfer Project
SPE – Society of Petroleum Engineers
SRHE – Society for Research into Higher Education
SSSI – Site of Special Scientific Interest
STEMPRA – Science, Technology Engineering and Medicine Public Relations Association
StoMP – Software Teaching of Modular Physics
SWG – Standards Working Group, a sub-committee of JISC.
TASC – Technology Applications Sub Committee, a sub-committee of JISC.
TAU – Technical Advisory Unit (for UKERNA).
TC – Technology Centre (part of the LTSN)
TecDis – Technology for Disabilities Information Service
TERENA – Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association, created by the merger of RARE and EARN.TLTP Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, funded by the Funding Councils.
TLTP – Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
TQA – Teaching Quality Assessment. (The previous title for Subject Review, and which is now called Academic Review).
TRIADS – Tripartite Assessment Delivery System (an FDTL project)
UCISA – Universities and Colleges Information System Association.
UCoSDA – Universities' and Colleges' Staff Development Agency. An Agency of the Universities UK (formerly CVCP); a national membership body for universities and colleges. Based in Sheffield. (now HESDA)
UCSG – Universities and Colleges Software Group, a sub group of UCISA.
UCTLIG – Universities and Colleges Teaching, Learning and Information Group, a sub group of UCISA (qv).
UKERNA – United Kingdom Educational and Research Network Association (formerly the JNT, Joint Network Team). Now JANET, q.v.
UKESCC – UK Earth Science Courseware Consortium (an ex-TLTP project)
UKOOA – United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
UKRIGS – Association of UK RIGS [Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites] groups
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UUK – Universities UK, formerly CVCP
UKOLN – The United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking, based at the University of Bath (funded jointly by JISC and the British Library).
URL – Uniform Resource Locator (i.e. Web-site address)
USGS - United States Geological Survey
WWW – World Wide Web
YGS – Yorkshire Geological Society
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SAPHE – Self Assessment in Professional and Higher Education (an FDTL project)SBS – Save British Science Society. Now CASE, q.v.
SC – Subject Centre
SCL – Student Centred Learning
SCONUL – Society of College National and University Libraries.
(formerly Standing Council on ...)
SCOP – Standing Conference of Principals, now GuildHE
SEDA – Staff and Education Development Association
SEED – Science Education Enhancement and Development (a University of Plymouth basedFDTL project - Archived site)
SEG – Society of Exploration Geophysicists
SEPM – SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (formerly the Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists. The name was changed but not the acronym).
SERC – Defunct - see PPARC
SESEF – Scottish Earth Science Education Forum
SFC – Scottish Funding Council
SHEFC – Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
SIMA – Support Initiative for Multimedia Initiatives, run by AGOCG and funded through the New Technologies Initiative.
SINC – Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. See also RIGS and UKRIGS
SOSIG – Social Science Information Gateway - see "Intute"
SPARC – Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
SPAT – Student Progression and Transfer Project
SPE – Society of Petroleum Engineers
SRHE – Society for Research into Higher Education
SSSI – Site of Special Scientific Interest
STEMPRA – Science, Technology Engineering and Medicine Public Relations Association
StoMP – Software Teaching of Modular Physics
SWG – Standards Working Group, a sub-committee of JISC.
T
TALESSI – Teaching and Learning at the Environment-Science-Society Interface (an FDTL project)TASC – Technology Applications Sub Committee, a sub-committee of JISC.
TAU – Technical Advisory Unit (for UKERNA).
TC – Technology Centre (part of the LTSN)
TecDis – Technology for Disabilities Information Service
TERENA – Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association, created by the merger of RARE and EARN.TLTP Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, funded by the Funding Councils.
TLTP – Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
TQA – Teaching Quality Assessment. (The previous title for Subject Review, and which is now called Academic Review).
TRIADS – Tripartite Assessment Delivery System (an FDTL project)
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UCAS – Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (formed by the merger of UCCA and PCAS, the admissions systems for "old" universities and the former polytechnics)UCISA – Universities and Colleges Information System Association.
UCoSDA – Universities' and Colleges' Staff Development Agency. An Agency of the Universities UK (formerly CVCP); a national membership body for universities and colleges. Based in Sheffield. (now HESDA)
UCSG – Universities and Colleges Software Group, a sub group of UCISA.
UCTLIG – Universities and Colleges Teaching, Learning and Information Group, a sub group of UCISA (qv).
UKERNA – United Kingdom Educational and Research Network Association (formerly the JNT, Joint Network Team). Now JANET, q.v.
UKESCC – UK Earth Science Courseware Consortium (an ex-TLTP project)
UKOOA – United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association
UKRIGS – Association of UK RIGS [Regionally Important Geological and Geomorphological Sites] groups
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UUK – Universities UK, formerly CVCP
UKOLN – The United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking, based at the University of Bath (funded jointly by JISC and the British Library).
URL – Uniform Resource Locator (i.e. Web-site address)
USGS - United States Geological Survey
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VLE – Virtual Learning Environment W3C World Wide Web Consortium: a global industry consortium run jointly by the Laboratory for Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of technology and INRIA in France. It exists to develop common standards for the evolution of the World Wide Web. JISC have joined W3C.W/X/Y/Z
WIM - Women in MiningWWW – World Wide Web
YGS – Yorkshire Geological Society