CAHSS Acronyms and Abbreviations
As a University, we frequently shorten terms but this can be quite confusing if you're not used to it! This list includes common abbreviations and acronyms used across the College to help you familiarise yourself with our language. If there are any you can't find, please use this tool which contains all known acronyms across the university - https://edin.ac/uoe-acronyms
Common College used A-Z of Acronyms and Abbreviations
For full university wide acronyms please use this tool - https://edin.ac/uoe-acronyms
A
ADRC-S: Administrative Data Research Centre for Scotland
AHRC: Arts and Humanities Research Council
AR: Annual Review (see also PDR)
APC: Additional Programme Costs
B
BAU: Business as usual
BoS: Board of Studies
BoE: Board of Examiners
C
CAM: Communications and Marketing
CoS: Certificate of Sponsorship
CSE: College of Science and Engineering
CAHSS: College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
CMVM: College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
CAS: Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (Student Visa)
CRC: College Research Committee
CRA: College Recognition Awards
D
DoT: Director of Teaching
DoL&T: Director of Learning and Teaching
DoPS: Director of Professional Services
DoPT: Director of Postgraduate Teaching (may also be referred to as DPGT)
DUGS: Director of Undergraduate Study/Students
DPC: Degree Programme Convener
DoR: Director of Research
DTP: Doctoral Training Partnership
DRPS: Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study
E
E&B: Estates and Buildings
ECCI: Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation
ECR: Early Career Researcher
EDI: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
ELT: Extended Leadership Team
ERI: Edinburgh Research and Innovation
ERO: Edinburgh Research Office
EUSA: Edinburgh University Students’ Association
EUCLID: Edinburgh University Complete Lifecycle Integrated Development (student online application system and record hub)
F
FIA: Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
FOI: Freedom of Information Request
G
GaSP: Governance and Strategic Planning
H
HoS: Head of School
HoSA: Head of Subject Area
HR: Human Resources
I
IAD: Institute for Academic Development
IS: Information Services
J
K
KE: Knowledge Exchange
L
Learn: Main Virtual Learning Environment
M
MyEd: University Intranet (staff and students)
MSc: Master of Science
MSc (R): Master of Science by Research
N
NSS: National Student Survey
P
P&M: People and Money (sometimes referred to as PaM)
PG: Postgraduate
PGT: Postgraduate Taught
PGR: Postgraduate Research
PT: Personal Tutor
PD: Programme Director (Postgraduate Taught)
PTES: Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey
PRES: Postgraduate Research Experience Survey
PDR: Performance Development Review (see AR)
PDRA: Post- Doctoral Research Associate
PI: Principal Investigator
Q
QA: Quality Assurance
R
RA: Research Associate
REF: Research Excellence Framework
RUK: Rest of UK (Students- see also SEU)
RI: Research Institute
RTD: Research Training and Development
RO: Research Organisation
RCUK: UK Research Councils
RSO: Research Support Office or Officer
S
SPARC: School Policy and Resources Committee
SA: School Administrator
SAR: Subject Access Request
SEU: Scottish/EU (Students- see also RUK)
SMC: School Management Committee
SLT: Senior Leadership Team
T
TO: Teaching Organisation or Teaching Office
U
UoE: University of Edinburgh
UG: Undergraduate
UKRI: United Kingdom Research and Innovation
V
VP: Vice-Principal
Can't find the one you need?
Some Schools and departments may have slight variations of the ones listed here. If in doubt, don't be afraid to ask. Let us know if there are more we can add to this page, or use this acronym tool - https://edin.ac/uoe-acronyms
For other commonly used terms, take a look at the glossary of tems used within Higher Education.