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- AACSsearch for term
- Adult Advancement and Careers Service
- ACEVOsearch for term
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- ACLsearch for term
- Adult and Community Learning
- Action Plansearch for term
- A formal agreement between a tutor and learner setting out what will be achieved with target dates
- AGMsearch for term
- Annual General Meeting
- Aimsearch for term
- General statement outlining what the trainer hopes to achieve during a training session or programme of training.
- ALIsearch for term
- Adult Learning Inspectorate. Former inspectorate for adult learning, now merged with Ofsted
- AP(E)Lsearch for term
- Accreditation of Prior (Experimental Learning)
- Assessmentsearch for term
- The process of making judgements about the extent to which a learner's work meets the assessment criteria of a unit, or any additional assessment requirements of a qualification
- Assessment methodssearch for term
- Instrument chosen to assess a given outcome e.g written test, skills test, observation of learner performance, reports and questioning.
- Assessment recordssearch for term
- Documents used to record the outcome of an assessment, e.g an organisation proforma or observation report.
- Assessorsearch for term
- The person making a decision as to a candidate's competence.
- Asylum Seekersearch for term
- Person fleeing state persecution/violence in their country, seeking refuge and safety in another country
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- BASISsearch for term
- Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Services. Big Lottery Fund prorgramme which funds third sector infrastructure organisations
- BASSACsearch for term
- Bristish Association of Settelements and Social Action Centres. A membership network of multi purpose community organisations
- BERRsearch for term
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- BISsearch for term
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- BLFsearch for term
- Big Lottery fund. Distributes National Lottery money to support voluntary and community groups
- BME (or BMC or BOME)search for term
- Black and Minority Ethnic,or Black and Minority Communities, or Black and Other Minority Ethnic
- BSLsearch for term
- British Sign Language
- BTEGsearch for term
- Black Training and Enterprise Group
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- CABsearch for term
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- CAFsearch for term
- Charities Aid Foundation. An independent charity providing products and services to charities in the UK and internationally.
- Capacity Buildingsearch for term
- Often used to describe the process of supporting third sector organisations to develop their ability to deliver services
- CEOsearch for term
- Chief Executive Officer
- CESsearch for term
- Charities Evaluation Service
- CFOsearch for term
- Co-Financing Organisation. Public Sector intermediary organisation
- ChangeUpsearch for term
- Government initiative to strenthen the third sector.
- CICsearch for term
- Community Interest Company
- CIFsearch for term
- Common Inspection Framework. Informs all Ofsted inspections. Sets out the judgements inspectors will make and principles that apply during inspections of Further Education and skills providers.
- CIOsearch for term
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- Competencesearch for term
- Ability to do something to a set agreed standard, normally measured by undertaking an observable process or producing a final product (see assessment methods)
- CPDsearch for term
- Continuous Professional Development
- Critical Path Analysissearch for term
- Logical sequence of steps needed to go through to complete a task.
- CTLLSsearch for term
- Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. Qualification for teachers of adults
- CVSsearch for term
- Council for Voluntary Service
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- DBISsearch for term
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (formerly DIUS)
- DCSFsearch for term
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- DDAsearch for term
- Disability Discrimination Act
- Diagnostic assessmentsearch for term
- The assessment methods used to discover strengths and weaknesses in a learners work and determine future action
- Diagnostic meetingsearch for term
- A meeting to determine the present level of skills and knowledge of a learner, and, normally, to determine a future programme for further development.
- DTLLSsearch for term
- Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector. Qualification for teachers of adults
- DWPsearch for term
- Department for Work and Pensions
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- E-learningsearch for term
- Electronic learning - learning which is supported or enhanced through the application of information and communication technology.
- E-learning onlinesearch for term
- Electronic learning via an internet or intranet.
- ECMsearch for term
- Every Child Matters
- EHRCsearch for term
- Equality and Human Rights Commission. Replaces the commission for Racial Equality, Disabililty Rights Commission and Equal Opportunities Commission. The Commission is the independent advocate for equality and human rights in Britain.
- ESFsearch for term
- European Social Fund.
- ESOLsearch for term
- English for Speakers of Other Languages.
- Evaluationsearch for term
- Gathering information to give a measure of the effectiveness of the training which has been delivered.
- External Verifiersearch for term
- Appointed to ensure that all assessments undertaken within centres are fair, valid, consistent and meet the required standards.
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- FAQssearch for term
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FCDLsearch for term
- Federation for Communit Development Learning
- FEsearch for term
- Further Education
- Feedbacksearch for term
- Written or oral information given to learners regarding their progress.
- Formative assessmentsearch for term
- On-going assessment carried out throughout a programme of learning.
- Full Cost Recoverysearch for term
- Making sure that all the costs of running a project, group or activity are costed and included in any bid or application.
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- GOSEsearch for term
- Government Office for the South East
- GOSWsearch for term
- Government Office for the South West
- Guided learning hourssearch for term
- The number of hours of teacher-supervised or directed study time required to teach a qualification or unit of a qualification.
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- HEsearch for term
- Higher Education
- HLFsearch for term
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Holistic reportsearch for term
- A written statement reflecting a candidate's experience.
- HSEsearch for term
- Health and Safety Executive
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- IAGsearch for term
- Information, Advice and Guidance
- Ice breakerssearch for term
- Fun and light-hearted ways of introducing learners to each other.
- ICTsearch for term
- Information and Communications Technology
- IDeAsearch for term
- Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government
- IfLsearch for term
- Institute for Learning. The professional body for teachers and trainers
- IiPsearch for term
- Investors in People
- ILPsearch for term
- Individual Learning Programme (see also Action Plan)
- ILTsearch for term
- Information and Learning Technology - the use of information and communication technologies to support learner activities.
- infrastructure organisationsearch for term
- An organisation which offers support to voluntary and community groups and/or social enterprises. Also referred to as umbrella or support organisations.
- Initial Assessmentsearch for term
- A way of ascertaining learning styles. Assessment methods used to discover strengths and areas for development in a learner's work and determine future action. A means of measuring a learner's ability, eg a literacy test.
- Internal Verifiersearch for term
- Appointed by a centre to ensure that all assessments undertaken within the centre are fair, valid, consistent and meet the requirements of the standards.
- Internetsearch for term
- Worldwide computer network
- Intranetsearch for term
- An organisation's own network
- ISOsearch for term
- Infrastructure Support Organisation
- ISPsearch for term
- Internet Service Provider
- ITsearch for term
- Information Technology - the computer infrastructure, hardware and software used to process data and deliver information.
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- JSAsearch for term
- Job Seekers Allowance
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- KPIsearch for term
- Key Performance Indicator. Measure set to monitor progress against objectives.
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- LAsearch for term
- Local Authority
- LAAsearch for term
- Local Area Agreement. An agreement between a local authority and its partners and government around outcomes, indicators and targets for work in that geographical area
- LEAsearch for term
- Local Education Authority
- Learning Outcomesearch for term
- A statement of what a learner can be expected to know, understand or do as a result of a process of learning.
- Learning Stylesearch for term
- Particular way in which an individual prefers to learn e.g visual, aural, kinesthetic
- Levelsearch for term
- An indication of the relative demand, complexity and/or depth of achievement, and/or the autonomy of the learner in demonstrating that achievement.
- LGBTsearch for term
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
- LIOsearch for term
- Local Infrastructure Organisation
- LLUKsearch for term
- The Sector Skills Council (SSC) for lifelong learning in the UK
- Local Infrastructure Organisationsearch for term
- Local Infrastructure Organisation
- LSCsearch for term
- Learning and Skills Council. Body which oversees planning and funding of post 16 education, training and skills. to be replaced in 2010 by Skills Funding Agency and Young People's Learning Agency
- LSISsearch for term
- The Learning and Skills Improvement Service. New body (2009), formed from CEL (Centre for Excellence in Leadership) and QIA (Quality Improvement Agency) to develop excellent and sustainable FE provision across the sector.
- LSPsearch for term
- Local Strategic Partnership. Overal strategic partnership with representation of public services, community and voluntary sector/social economy, private sector. Usually covers a local authority area.
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- Mentoringsearch for term
- Mentoring is the long term passing on of support, guidance and advice. In the workplace it has tended to describe a relationship in which a more experienced colleague uses their greater knowledge and understanding of the work or workplace to support the development of a more junior or inexperienced member of staff. This comes from the Greek myth where Odysseus entrusts the education of his son to his friend Mentor.
- MEPsearch for term
- Member of the European Parliament
- Micro-teachingsearch for term
- Delivery to peers in a learning setting
- Monitoringsearch for term
- Monitoring is about collecting information that will help you answer questions about your project. It is important that this information is collected in a planned, organised and routine way. You can use this information to report on your project and to help you evaluate.
- Moodlesearch for term
- Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. Open source e-learning software platform designed to help educators create online courses.
- MPsearch for term
- Member of Parliament
- Multi-mediasearch for term
- The use of various types of equipment to present text, graphics, video, animation and sound in an integrated way.
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- NASsearch for term
- National Apprenticeship Service
- National Occupational Standards search for term
- Describes what a person needs to do, know and understand in a job to carry out the role in a consistent and competent way.
- NAVCAsearch for term
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action
- NCVCCOsearch for term
- National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations
- NCVOsearch for term
- National Council of Voluntary Organisations. Overall umbrella body for voluntary organisations with a strong focus on national voluntary organisations/charities
- NCVYSsearch for term
- National Council for Voluntary Youth Services. National agency to support local umbrella organisations that support young people's organisations in the voluntary sector
- NEETsearch for term
- Not in Education, Employment or Training. Refers to young people under 19.
- NESsearch for term
- National Employer Service
- NIACEsearch for term
- National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
- NOMSsearch for term
- National Offender Management Service
- NOSsearch for term
- National Occupational Standards.
- NVQsearch for term
- National Vocational Qualification. work-related, competence-based qualification based on national occupational standards (NOS), which reflect the skills and knowledge needed to do a job effectively, and show that a candidate is competent in that area of work.
- NVQsearch for term
- National Vocational Qualification
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- Ofqualsearch for term
- Regulator of qualifications
- OTLsearch for term
- Observation of Teaching and Learning. Planned observations of teaching sessions as part of on-going quality monitoring.
- OUsearch for term
- Open University
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- Pathwaysearch for term
- A route to the achievement of a qualification
- Pedagogysearch for term
- Tutor centred learning
- PQASSOsearch for term
- Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations. Process by which organisations can evidence that their systems operate to a good standard. Development and owned by CES.
- PTTLSsearch for term
- The Award in preparing to teach in the lifelong sector (previously referred to as a 'passport' or 'initial award'.
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- QCFsearch for term
- Qualification and Credit Framework
- QTLS Frameworksearch for term
- Qualified teacher learning and skills framework
- Qualification and Credit Frameworksearch for term
- Designed to provide an inclusive and flexible regulated framework containing units and qualifications that recognise a wide range of quality assured learner achievements.
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- RDAsearch for term
- Regional Development Agency
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- S-TSsearch for term
- Skills - Third Sector. New National Body to be launched September 2009 to support the workforce development in the third sector.
- SARsearch for term
- Self Assessment Report. Required report for all providers of government funded training. Links to Common Assessment Framework.
- Sector Skills Councilsearch for term
- Body responsible for formulating and reviewing occupational standards for a specific sector across the UK, and supporting the development of Units and qualifications based on these standards. Employer-led, independent organisation licensed by government.
- SFAsearch for term
- Skills Funding Agency. Oversees the distribution of funds to the FE sector for adults and skills and manages performance of FE colleges
- SfLsearch for term
- Skills for Life. Also known as Basic Skills. Refers to skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT.
- SKiLDsearch for term
- Skills and Knowledge for Local Development. NAVCA project which supports development workers in infrastructure organisations
- Skills analysissearch for term
- Breakdown of a task/job into its component skills (sometimes known as task analysis)
- Skills-Third Sectorsearch for term
- New national body to be launched September 2009 to support workforce development in the third sector.
- Skypesearch for term
- Software application that allows users to make voice calls over the internet.
- SLAsearch for term
- Service Level Agreement
- SMARTsearch for term
- Specific, measurable, achieveable, realistic, time bound
- Social Enterprisesearch for term
- A business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. Social enterprises can include; consumer cooperatives, mutuals, housing associations, trading arms of charities, worker and consumer co-operatives, community businesses, development trusts, social firms, intermediate labour market projects and social businesses.
- SORPsearch for term
- Statement of Recommended Practice
- SSCsearch for term
- Sector Skills Council
- Summative assessmentsearch for term
- An assessment made to determine the final level of achievement. Often done by a final test or examination.
- SWRDAsearch for term
- South West Regional Development Agency. RDA for the South West region
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- TNAsearch for term
- Training Needs Analysis (or Assessment). involves the systematic identification of the skills and knowledge required by an organisation/individual compared with an ‘inventory’ of existing skills and knowledge. A TNA enables the identification of training needs.
- Train to Gainsearch for term
- Government initiative providing funding and support to encourage employers to access training and qualifications for their workforces.
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- ULNsearch for term
- Unique Learner Number
- Umbrella Organisationsearch for term
- An organisation which provides support, information and advice to Voluntary and Community groups. Also known as "infrastructure organisations"
- Unitsearch for term
- A coherent and explicit set of learning outcomes and assessment criteria, with a title, credit value and level.
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- VACSRsearch for term
- Valid, authentic, current, sufficient, reliable
- VARKsearch for term
- Visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic
- VCOsearch for term
- Voluntary Community Organisation
- VCSsearch for term
- Voluntary Community Sector
- VCSEsearch for term
- Voluntary and Community and Social Enterprise
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- WEAsearch for term
- Workers' Educational Association
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- YOTsearch for term
- Youth Offending Team
- YPLAsearch for term
- Young People's Learning Agency. Supports local authorities in the new role in commissioning and funding 14-19 provision
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