This glossary contains definitions of Open University and Higher Education acronyms.
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B2B

Business to Business.

BA

Bachelor of Arts

BA

British Academy

BAAL

British Association for Applied Linguistics

BABS

BA in Business Studies

BAC

British Accreditation Council

BAF

British Armed Forces Scheme (for OU students in Germany)

BAICE

British Association for International & Comparative Education

BALH

British Association for Local History

BAM

British Academy of Management

BAME

Black Asian and Minority Ethnic staff

BAOL

British Association for Open Learning

BATSS

Business & Technical Support Services

BAU

Business as usual

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BBC/OU

BBC/Open University

BBCPMK

BBC Production Centre at Milton Keynes

BBI

Beds and Bucks Information

BBRG

Biology Brain Research Group

BBSCR

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

BBSRC

Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (formerly AFRC)

BC

British Council

BCS

British Computer Society

BDA

British Dental Association

BDC

Business Development Committee

BDC

Business Development Co-ordinator

BDEC

Building Development and Estates Committee (now defunct)

BDMO

Business Development Marketing Office

BDSG

Business Development Steering Group

BDU

Business Development Unit

BEAC

Building, Estates and Accommodation Committee

BECTa

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

BEng

Bachelor of Engineering

BERA

British Educational Research Association

BERR

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

BESRC

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

BFI

British Film Institute

BFUW

British Federation of University Women

BIDS

Bath Information and Data Services

BiL

Break in learning

BILD

British Institute of Learning Disabilities

BIT

Business Improvement Team

BJET

British Journal of Educational Technology

BKSB

Basic knowledge and skills builder

BL

British Library

BLA

British Learning Association

BLTS

British Library Thesis Service

BMA

British Medical Association

BME

black and minority ethnic staff

BME Education Network

Black and minority ethnic Education Network

BNA

British Neuroscience Association

BOC

Badged Open Course

BOPCAS

British Official Publications Current Awareness Service

BORG

Better Organisation of Replicated Generics

BoS

Board of Study

BoSE

Board of Studies Executive

BOUF

British Open University Foundation

BPF

Broadcast Planning Forum

BPLS

Broadcast Programme Loan Scheme

BPMB

Broadcast Planning and Management Board

BPS

British Psychological Society

BRA

British Records Association

BREEAM

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

BRITE

Basic Research in Industrial Techniques for Europe

BSA

British Sociological Association

BSc

Bachelor of Science

BSC

British Society of Criminology

BSCC

Bursaries and Study Costs Committee

BSG

Business Steering Group

BSG

British Society of Gerontology

BSHP

British Society for the History of Philosophy

BSIA

British Security Industry Association

BSRLM

British Society for Research in the Learning of Mathematics

BTEC

Business & Technology Education Council

BTP

Bachelor of Town Planning

BUBL

Bulletin Board for Libraries

BUFDG

British Universities Finance Directors Group

BUFVC

British Universities Film and Video Council

BUILA

British Universities Industrial Liaison Association

BUILDER

Birmingham University Integrated Library Development and Electronic Resource

BUIRA

British Universities Industrial Relations Association

BUTEA

British Universities Transatlantic Exchange Association

BVQI

Bureau Veritas Quality International