This glossary contains definitions of Open University and Higher Education acronyms.
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S&C Staff

Secretarial and Clerical Staff

SAARP

Senate Academic Appeals Review Panel

SAAS

Student Awards Agency for Scotland

SAC

Senate Agenda Committee

SAE

Senior Accountable Executive

SAF

Student Approval Form

SAF

Student Assistance Fund

SAFARI

Skills in Accessing Finding and Reviewing Information

SAGITTARIUS

System for AGgregating General Inquiries, Transmitted Through all Regions, to an Integrated Universi

SAIDE

South African Institute for Distance Education

SAL

Student Academic Link

SALT

Southern African Large Telescope

SAM

Subjects Allied to Medicine

SAMS

Standard Authentication Management System

SAMS

Standard Access Management System

SAMSA

Score Analysis and Modelling for Standardisation and Award

SAN

Storage Area Network

SAQ

Self Assessment Question

SAQ

Short Answer Question

SAR

Senior Assistant Registrar

SAR

Student Allocation Record

SARTOR

Standards And Routes TO Recognition

SAS

Statistical Analysis System

SAS

Student Additional Support

SASLIC

Surrey and Sussex Libraries In Co-operation

SAY

Seasonal Academic Year

SBIG

Subject Based Information Gateways

SBRT

Small Business Research Trust

SC

Study Centre

SCA

Single Component Assessment

SCA

Single Component Assessment

SCAA

Schools Curriculum and Assessment Authority

SCAU

Secretary for Central Academic Units

SCAVA

Standing Conference of Authorised Validating Agencies

SCDG

Scottish Curriculum Development Group

SCE

Study Centre Evening

SCES

Subject Classification for Education Statistics

SCET

Scottish Council for Education Technology

SCF

Salary Cost Forecasting

scg

Study Centre General

SCG

Staff Co-Ordinating Group

SchLWG

School Lines Working Group

SCI

Science

SCIENCE

Stimulation des Co-operations Internationales des Echanges Necessaires aux Chercheurs en Europe

SCiLAB

Scholarship Centre for innovation in online Legal and Business Education

SCIM

Simplified Corporate Information Master

SCIS

Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society

SCLSE

Society of Chief Librarians (South East)

SCONUL

Society of College, National and University Libraries

SCOP

Standing Conference of Principals

SCOPFOG

Standing Conference of Principals and Finance Officers Group

SCORE

Support Centre for Open Resources in Education

SCOTCATS

Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme

SCOTVEC

Scottish Vocational Education Council

SCOVO

Standing Conference of Voluntary Organisations

SCP

Strategic Communication Programme

SCQF

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework

SCR

Short Course Record

SCRAN

Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network

SCRE

Scottish Council for Research in Education

SCROLLA

Scottish Centre for Research into Online Learning and Assessment

SCSM

System Centre Service Manager

SCUP

Society for College and University Planning (USA)

SCURL

Scottish University and Research Libraries

SCUTREA

Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults

SCW

Study Centre Weekend

SD

Software Designer

SDA

Scottish Development Agency

SDA

Severe Disablement Allowance

SDC

Staff Development Committee

SDF

Strategic Development Fund

SDO

Student Development Officer

SDPG

Staff Development Providers Group

SDT

Service Delivery Team

SE

Senior Editor

SE

Systems Engineering

SE

South East

SEAC

Schools Examinations and Assessment Council

SEaM

Student Experience on a Module survey

SEBCC

Science and Engineering Base Co-ordinating Committee

SEC

Secondary Education Council

SEDA

South East Development Agency

SEDA

Staff and Educational Development Association

SEDG

Sociology of Education Discipline Group

SEECE

South East England Cultural Executive

SEED

The Scottish Executive Education Department

SEED

Skills and Employer Engagement Development

SEED Project

Skills and Employer Engagement Development Project

SEEDA

South East England Development Agency

SEERA

South East Regional Assembly

SeGA

Securing Greater Accessibility

SEHD

Scottish executive health department

SELEC

South East London Consortium (NHS)

SEMLAC

South East Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

SEMS

South Eastern Museums Service

SENDA

Special Educational Needs and Disability Act

SEP

Specimen Examination Paper

SEPG

Software Engineering Process Group

SERAC

South East Regional Archives Council

SEREN

Sharing Educational Resources in an Electronic Network (Wales)

SET

Science, Engineering and Technology

SEUL

South East University Librarians

SF

Student Fees

SF

SuccessFactors

SFA

Senior Faculty Administrator

SFC

Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

SFC

Science Faculty Committee

SFE

Student Finance England

SFEDI

Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative

SFEU

Scottish Further Education Unit

SFM

Senior Faculty Manager

SG Referral

SG Referral

Safeguarding Referral

SGUMDER

Steering Group on Undergraduate Medical and Dental Education and Research

SH

Student Home

SHAC

Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry

SHEFC

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council

SHHD

Scottish Home and Health Department

SHOC

Society for the Study of Organising in Health Care

SHRE

Society for Research into Higher Education

SHSW

School of Health and Social Welfare

SHU

Secure Hospital Unit

SI

State Indicator

SI

Statistical Indicator

SIFTR

Service Increment for Teaching and Research

SIG

Special Interest Group

SIM

Singapore Institute of Management

SIMA

Support Initiative for Multimedia Applications

SINs

Software Information Notices

SIP

Strategic Improvement Plan

SiSE

Students in Secure Environments

SISSA

International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste)

SIV

Structured Investment Vehicle

SIVS

Strategically Important and Vulnerable Subjects

SKIP

SKills for new Information Professionals

SLA

Senior Leader Apprenticeship

SLAS

Student Learning Adjustment Strategy

SLC

Student Loans Company

SLiC

Scottish Library and Information Council

SLMDA

Senior Leader Management Degree Apprenticeship

SLMS

Staff Learning Management System

SLSA

Senior Learner Support Advisor

SLWG

School Lines Working Group

SM

Software Manager

SMA

Systems Managment Areas

SMART

Specific, Measurable, Achievable (or Agreed), Realistic, Timely (or Trackable)

SME

Small to Medium Sized Enterprise (under 250 employees)

SMETE

Science, Maths, Engineering and Technology Education

SMMF

South Midlands Museum Federation

SNPG

Student Number Planning Group

SNTAG

Student Number Target Achievement Group

SoA

Society of Archivists

SOAS

School of Oriental and African Studies

SOC

Social

SOC

Standard Occupational Classification

SOL

Supporting Open Learning (was OTF)

SOLACE

Supporting Open Learning in A Changing Environment

SOM

School Office Manager

SOMUL

Social and Organisational Mediation of University Learning

SORRS

Shared Online Resources Repository System

SOSIG

Social Science Information Gateway (Now Intute : social sciences)

SOTL

School Office Team Leader

SoURCE

SOftware Use Re-use and Customisation in Education

SP

Student Policy

SP

Staff Payments

SPA

Social Policy Association

SPACE

Staff-Student Partnership for Assessment Change and Evaluation

SPARC

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

SPB

Student Policy Board

SPCC

Student Policy, Compliance and Casework

SPEA

Strategy, Planning and External Affairs

SPEAR

Support Programme for a European Assessment of Research

SPERG

Strategic Planning and External Relations Group

SPFD

Senior Practitioner Foundation Degree

SPICE

Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination

SpLD

Specific Learning Difficulty

SpLDWG

Specific Learning Difficulties Working Group

SPM

Senior Project Manager

SPO

SharePoint Online

SPOC

Single point of contact

SPRC

Strategic Planning and Resources Committee

SPRINT

Strategic Programme for Innovation and Technology Transfer

SPRU

Science Policy Research Unit

SPS

School of Physical Sciences

SPSS

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences

SPT

Student Progress Tracker

SQA

Scottish Qualifications Agency

SQAPI

Software Quality Assurance Process Improvement

SQI

Safeguarding, Quality and Inclusion

SQS

Students, Quality and Standards

SQUAPI

Software & Quality Assurance & Process Improvement

SR

Service request

SR

Student Recruitment

SR&R

Student Recruitment and Retention

SRA

Strategic Research Area

SRA

Single Regional Agency

SRA

Social Research Association

SRAT

Student Recruitment Administration Team

SRBAB

Student Recruitment Business Area Bulletin

SRC

Student Research Centre

SRF

Student Referral Form

SRF

Student Recruitment and Fees

SRFS

Student Registration and Financial Services

SRHE

Society for Research into Higher Education

SRI

Strategy Resources Information

SRIF

Science Research Investment Fund

SROB

Student Recruitment Operational Bulletin

SRPP

Student Research Project Panel

SRS

Student Registration & Enquiry Service

SRSC

Student Recruitment & Support Centre

SS

Student Services

SS

Summer School

SS

Staff Services

SSC

Species Survival Commission

SSC

Sector Skills Council

SSCE

Student Support Centre for Excellence

SSEP

Solutions to the Specimen Examination Paper

SSG

Staff Strategy Group

SSIT

Specialist Support and Information Team

SSO

Student Support Operations

SSP

Statutory Sick Pay

SSPC

Social Sciences Programme Committee

SSPG

Solid State Physics Group

SSPO

Student Services Planning Office

SSPP

Staff Survey Project Panel

SSR

Student-Staff Ratio

SSR

Student with Special Requirements

SSRC

Social Science Research Council

SSRG

Student Support Research Group

SSRG

Social Services Research Group

SSS

Student Support Strategy

SSS

Student Support Services

SSST

Student Statistics and Survey Team

SST

Staff Support Team

SST

Specialist Schools Trust (formerly the Technology Colleges Trust)

SST

Student Support Team

SSTAG

Student Support Technical Advisory Group

ST

Staff Tutor

STA

Specialist Teacher Assistant

STA

Skillcentre Training Agency

STAC

Specialist Teacher Assistant Certificate

STACK

System for Teaching and Assessment using a Computer algebra Kernel

Staff-LMS

Staff Learning Management System

STAR

Supplement for Teaching and Research

STAR

Specialist Teacher Assistant Record

STAR

Steering Group for the Academic Review

StELA

Student Engagement and Learning Adjustment

STEM

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics

STEM

Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

STEP

Shell Technology Enterprise Programme

STEP

Science and Technology for Environmental Protection

STLG

Staff Tutor Liaison Group

STN

Staff tutor nursing

STOHO

Belgian OU

STV

Single Transferable Vote

SU

Service Unit

SUEP

Student User Experience Project

SUfI

Scottish University for Industry

SuperJANET

Advanced broadband network working at a higher bandwidth than JANET

SUSCAG

Scottish Universities and Special Collections and Archives Group

SVQ

Scottish Vocational Qualification

SVUK

Standards Verification UK

SWDA

Social Work Degree Apprenticeship

SWIM

Science Web & Interactive Media Group

SWISG

Scotland Wales Ireland Strategy Group

SWWOCAC

South West Wales Open College and Access Consortium