Terminology

We know it can be daunting starting in a new role, especially if you haven’t worked in the Higher Education sector before. This page covers all of the acronyms and terms you may come across during your time here.

• LIAT – Lincoln Institute for Agri Tech
• Unite
  A British and Irish trade union.
• Unison
  The largest trade union in the United Kingdom.
• UCU – University and College Union
  A British trade union in further and higher education.
• IR35
  A piece of legislation that allows HMRC to collect additional payment where a contractor is an employee in all but name.
• Linc-On
  The University’s reward platform that hosts around 60 benefits available to staff.
• Salary Sacrifice
  An arrangement in which an employee agrees to exchange part of their salary for additional benefits from the employer. Benefits offered can include company cars and additional pension contributions.
• AVC – Additional Voluntary Contribution
  A plan that allows employees to make further contributions to build up additional retirement benefits.
• P11D
  A tax form to report end-of-year expenses and benefits for employees and directors.
• P60
  A summary of your pay and all deductions in a specific tax year.
• P45
  The document you receive when you leave a job, it contains all the information a new employer will need to know about your old salary, tax code and how much tax you’ve paid.
• UCEA – Universities and Colleges Employers Association
  A consortium of higher education institutions committed to advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders.
• HESA – Higher Education Statistics Agency
  The official agency for the collection and analysis of quantitative information about higher education institutions.
• PTG – People Transformation Group
  A group that meets regularly to discuss HR matters.
• LIBS – Lincoln International Business School
• VCO – Vice Chancellor’s Office
  The department comprising the Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellors that is responsible for the direction of the University.
• CoA – College of Arts
• CoS – College of Science
• CoSS – College of Social Science
• DVC – Deputy Vice Chancellor
  Members of the Senior Leadership Team who have management responsibility for specific areas of the University and support the Vice Chancellor.
• VC – Vice Chancellor
  The executive head of the University.
• League Tables
  The ranking of UK universities and courses by organisations such as The Complete University Guide and The Guardian.
• NCFM – National Centre for Food Manufacturing
• HRBP – Human Resources Business Partner
• ECR – Early Career Researcher
• GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
  A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy.
• PDR – Performance and Development Review
  The annual appraisal scheme for Professional Services staff.
• ADA – Academic Appraisal
  The annual appraisal scheme for academic and research staff.
• Clearing
  An annual process used by universities and colleges to fill any places they still have on courses.
• RLMT – Resident Labour Market Test
  Requires by employers to show to UK Visas and Immigration that no settled worker is available for the role they wish to fill with a Tier 2 visa worker.
• Panopto
  Lecture recording software.
• Blackboard
  The virtual learning environment (VLE) used by the University.
• MyView
  The University’s self-serve provision for staff.
• AAPR – Annual Academic Planning Review
• ADA – Academic Appraisal / Additional Duties Allowance
• AE – Auto Enrolment
• AM – Approving Manager
• APH – Additional Post HoldingASD    Associate Demonstrator
• ASL – Associate Lecturer
• ATC – Amendment to Contract
• ATW – Access to Work scheme
• AA – Academic Affairs
• AVC – Additional Voluntary Contribution
• AB – Academic Board or also Accredited Body
• ADAPT – Activity Development and Agile Planning for Teaching (workshops)
• AM / AMS – Attendance monitoring / attendance monitoring system
• AL – Annual leave can also refer to Associate Lecturers
• AOC – Academic Offences Committee
• APMS – Academic Programme Monitoring System
• APP – Access & Participation Plan
• ATC/ATS or AtC – Asymptomatic Testing Centre (campus)/Asymptomatic Testing Site but also Amendment to Contract (AtC)
• AY – Academic year
• BAME – Black, Asian, and minority ethnic
• Bb – Blackboard
• BCG – Budget Control Group (NOV approval central group)
• BIK – Benefit in Kind
• BDM – Business Development Manager
• BoE – Board of Examiners
• BoG – Board of Governors
• BP – Business Partner (HR/Finance/CDM have College BPs)
• BCG – Budget Control Group
• CAAB / CoAAB – College of Arts Academic Board
• CDM – Communications, Development and Marketing Department
• CJ – Campus Jobs
• CAAC – College of Art Academic Affairs Committee
• CDAQ – College Director of Academic Quality
• CDoO – College Director of Operations
• CDoR – College Director of Research
• CDs – College Directors
• CESC – College Education and Students Committee
• CIC – College International Committee
• CLT – College Leadership Team
• CoI – Conflict of Interest
• CoS – Confirmation of Studies and also College of Science
• CPM – Continuous Programme Monitoring
• CwPC – Contact with positive case (covid)
• CPPD – Continuing Personal and Professional Development
• Db – Dashboard
• DHoS – Deputy Head of School
• DoE – Director of Education
• DfE – Department for Education
• DT&L – Director of Teaching & Learning (or sometimes SDT&L School Director T&L)
• DoR – Director of Research
• DoTL – Director of Teaching and Learning
• EB – Exam Board
• EC’s – Extenuating Circumstances
• EDI – Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
• EGI – Eleanor Glanville Institute
• EIA – Equality impact assessment
• EIG – External Income Generation
• ENABLE – Engaged Agile Blended Learning Experience
• EoC – End of cycle (reporting)
• EoI – Expression of Interest
• EoM – End of message
• ERC – European Research Council
• ES – Environment Statement (REF) but also Engine Shed
• EtB – Enabling the business
• ExEx – External Examiner (or EE)
• EXT – Extensions
• EoYS / EoYDS – End of Year Shows / Degree Shows
• EEs – External Examiners
• F2F – Face to face teaching
• FEC – Further Education Colleges
• FF – Frequency Festival
• FoC – Festival of Creativity
• FOI / FoI – Freedom of Information
• FoS – Freedom of Speech
• FY – Foundation Year
• FPE – Fixed Pay Element
• FTC – Fixed Term Contract
• FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
• HEA / HEA TQ – Higher Education Academy / HEA Teaching Qualification
• HEP – Higher Education Partners
• HE – Higher Education
• HEFCE – Higher Education Funding Council for England (Office for Students)
• HEI – Higher Education Institute
• HEIF – Higher Education Research Institute
• HESA – Higher Education Statistics Agency
• HoA – Head of Area
• HoC – Head of College
• HoD – Head of Department
• HoS – Head of School
• HRA – Human Resources Assistant
• HRBA – Human Resources Business Advisor
• IC – Internal Communications
• ICS – Impact Case Study (REF)
• IG – Invisible Grail (consultant)
• INT – Interruption
• IMT – Incident Management Team
• IO – International Office
• ISPP – Individual Scholarship and Professional Practice
• IRP – Individual Research Plan
• JEDI – UoL Joint Equality and Diversity Initiative
• JD – Job description
• KPI – Key performance indicator
• KEF – Knowledge Exchange Framework
• KTP – Knowledge Transfer Partnership
• LGPS – Local Government Pension Scheme
• LHERI – Lincoln Higher Education Research Institute
• LALT – Lincoln Academy of Learning & Teaching
• LEAP – Lincoln Equality of Attainment Project
• LETSS – Lincoln Education Toolkit for Student Success
• LFT – Lateral Flow Test (COVID-19)
• LIAS – Lincoln Institute of Advanced Studies
• LMs – Line Managers
• LSUT – Lincoln Students’ Union Trading
• MCs – Micro-credentials
• MDF – Module Development Forms
• MEQ – Module Evaluation Questions
• MIRO – College Marketing & Reruitment Officer
• MtC / MtCWG – Managing the Campus / MtC Working Group
• MAE – Minimum Academic Expectation
• NoS – Network of Support
• NOV – Notification of vacancy (Staff Recruitment)
• NSS – National Student Survey
• MHFA – Mental Health First Aider
• NHC – No Hidden Costs
• NLW – National Living Wage
• NMW – National Minimum Wage
• NRP – Non Remunerated Post
• NSD – New Starter Declaration
• OC / OCV / OCA – One Community / One Community Values / One Community Ambassadors
• OD – Open Day or Organisational Development
• OHD – Offer Holder Day
• OIAHE – Office for the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education
• OfS – Office for Students
• OOO – Out of office
• OH – Occupational Health
• OT – Overtime
• PAYE – Pay As You Earn
• PAB – Programme Assessment Briefings
• PAR – Periodic Academic Review
• PASS – Personalised Academic Study Support
• PCR – NHS test (COVID-19)
• PEEP – Personal Emergency Evaluation Survey
• PGR – Post Graduate Research
• PGT – Post Graduate Taught
• PI – Principal Investigator of a project
• PL – Programme Leader
• PS / PSS / PSST – Professional services / professional services staff / professional services team
• POC – Point of Contact
• POG – Portfolio Oversight Group
• PPO – Pass Proceed Ordinary
• PT – Personal Tutor
• PDRA – Postdoctoral Research Associate
• PRP – Performance Review Scheme
• PVC – Pro Vice-Chancellor
• QA – Quality assurance
• QSP – Quality, Standards and Partnerships (or sometimes OQSP – Office of QSP)
• RA – Risk assessment
• REC – Race Equality Charter
• REF – Research Excellence Framework
• RO – Research Office
• RR – Risk Register
• R&R – Role and responsibility
• RtW / RTW – Right to Work or Return to Work
• SA / SB – Semester A / Semester B
• SAS – Students Attendance System
• SD – Social distancing (covid)
• SG / SGI – Study Group / Study Group International
• S-I – Self-Isolation (COVID-19)
• SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-Bound
• SMS – Students Management System
• SNM – Safety Net Mark
• SoO – Selection of outputs (REF)
• SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
• SSC – Students Support Centre
• SSR – Staff Student Ratio
• SU / SU-VP – Students Union / SU Vice President
• SE – Salary Exchange
• SLT – Senior Leadership Team
• SMG – Senior Management Group
• SMP – Statutory Maternity Pay
• SU – Students’ Union / Service Users
• T1 – TechnologyOne (Finance System)
• TAS – Time Allocation Survey
• TCT – Test, Care & Trace
• ToR – Terms of Reference
• T-Quals – T-level qualifications
• TR – Transfer
• T&R – Teaching and Research (contract type)
• T&T – Track & Trace
• TT – Timetable / Timetabling
• TEF – Teaching Excellence Framework
• TSPP – Teaching Scholarship & Professional Practice (contract type)
• TQ – Teaching Qualification
• WBDL – Work-based Distance Learning
• WD – Withdrawal
• WP – Widening Participation
• WW – Welcome Week
• WFH  – Work / Working From Home
• UoA  – Unit of Assessment (REF)
• VOD – Virtual Open Day
• VF – Visiting Fellow
• VP – Visiting Professor
• VSF – Visting Senior Fellow
• NAW – National Apprenticeship Week
• NL@WW – National Learning at Work Week