This glossary contains definitions of Open University and Higher Education acronyms.
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R&D

Research and Development

R01-R13

Regions of the OU

RA

Regional Agencies

RA

Recruiting Assistant

RACCE

Regional Academic Co-ordinator for Continuing Education

RACE

Research and Development on Advanced Communication Technologies in Europe

RADAR

The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation

RAE

Research Assessment Exercise

RAGnet

Research Administrators Group Network

RAM

Recruiting Account Manager

RAO

Research Accounts Office

RAP

Recognising Achievement Project

RAPDP

Research Academic and Professional Development Programme

RAS

Research and Academic Strategy

RASI

Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory

RATTLS

Raising Achievement Through Thinking and Language Skills

RC

Research Councils

RC

Regional Committee

RC

Regional Centre

RCC

Regional Consultative Committee

RCC

Regional Cultural Consortium

RCI

Research Careers Initiative

RCN

Royal College of Nursing

RCUK

Research Council UK

RD&EF

Research, Design & Engineering Facility

RDA

Regional Development Agency

RDC

Research Degrees Centre

RDC

Research Degrees Committee

RDN

Research Discovery Network

RDO

Research Degrees Office

RDRAC

Research Degrees Examination Result Approval Committee

REA

Regional Exam Adviser

REAS

Regional Enquiry and Admission Service

ReB

Research Board

REC

Race Equality Charter

RED

Reading Experience Database

ref

Research Ethics Framework

REG

Registry

REM

Resources for Educational Management

REP03

Course Specification Plan report (PLANET)

REPRO

Reprographics

RES

Regional Enquiry Service

ReSC

Residential Schools Committee

ResiSC

Residential Schools Committee

RESL

Re-Usable Educational Software Library

RESOURCE

The Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives

REST

Research, Enterprise and Scholarship Team

RET

Resources for Educational Technology

RF&DC

Research Funding and Development Committee

RFDC

Research Funding and Development Committee

RFM

Resource Flow Model

RFP

Request for Proposal

RGB

Red, Green, Blue

RGO

Regional Government Offices

RGS

Royal Geographical Society

RHBNC

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

RHEB

Relevant Higher Education Bodies

RIA

Regulatory Impact Assessment

RIC

Records and Information Centre

RIDE

Research In Distance Education

RIN

Research Information Network

RMC

Regional Marketing Co-ordinator

RMR

Rolling Module Review

RNDA

Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship

RNIB

Royal National Institute of the Blind

RNID

Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People

RO

Research Office

ROA

Record of Achievement

ROADS

Resource Organisation And Discovery in Subject-based services

RoATP

Register of apprenticeship training providers

RoEPAO

Register of end-point assessment organisations

ROG

Recruitment Operational Group

ROGET

Register of Graduate Employment and Training

ROSE

Regional Open System for Education

ROUTES

Resources for Open University TEachers and Students

ROW

Rest of world

RPA

Radiation Protection Adviser

RPCL

Recognition of prior certificated learning

RPEL

Recognition of prior experiential learning

RPL

Recognition of prior learning

RPO

Radiation Protection Officer

RPT

Resource Planning Toolkit

RQA

Research Quality Assessment

RRACP

Results Ratification & Awards Classification Panel

RS

Research School

RS

Residential School

RSA

Regional Studies Association

RSC

Royal Society of Chemistry

RSC

Residential Schools Committee

RSDC

Research Strategy and Development Committee

RSDP

Research and Scholarship Development Plan

RSG

Recruitment Support Group

RSLP

Research Support Libraries Programme

RSO

Residential Schools Office

RSQ

Research, Scholarship and Quality

RSS

Royal Statistical Society

RSTO

Residential Schools Tutors Office

RTP

Registered Teacher Programme

RTPI

Royal Town Planning Institute