Acronym List
Abbrev. Full Context
ADH Additional Doctors Hours PMS
AHRB Arts and Humanities Research Board Funding body
AST Academic Staff Time TRAC
ASU Administrative Support Unit (UoE, at Tremough) CUC
B&E Building & Estates UOE department
BBSRC Biotechnology & Biological Sciences RC Research Council
BCKE Business & Community Knowledge Enterprise Committee/ Group
BUFDG British University Finance Directors' Group Committee/ Group
CEDC Centre for Educational Development and Cooperation SELLS
CHERC Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre UOE
CI Co-Investigator Category of Researcher
CIMT Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching SELLS
COCE Cost Of Capital Employed TRAC
CS Clinical Services TRAC
CSM Camborne School of Mining UOE
CUC Combined Universities in Cornwall UOE
DEL Dept for Employment and Learning, N.Ireland Funding body
DOH Department of Health Gov't department
DSR Dual Support Reform Funding methodology
DV Dartvale Ltd UOE
DVC Deputy Vice Chancellor Staff
EDC Exeter Development Company Ltd UOE
EE Exeter Enterprises Ltd UOE
EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences RC Research Council
ERASMUS European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of Students Funding body
ERBS Exeter Retirement Benefits Scheme Pension related
ESF European Social Fund Funding body - Projects
ESRC Economic & Social Sciences RC Research Council
FCA Falmouth College of Arts CUC
fEC Full Economic Cost TRAC
HE Higher Education Sector
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England Funding body
HEI Higher Education Institution Sector
HEIF Higher Education Innovation Fund Fund
HERDA Higher Educ'n Regional Dev't Association HE
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency HE
HOS Head of School Staff
IDM Income Distribution Model UOE Management a/cing
IOCS Institute of Cornish Studies UOE
IPR Intellectual Property Rights Benefit of research
JIF Joint Infrastructure Fund Funding body - Projects
JREI Joint Research Equipment Initiative Funding body - Projects
JYA Junior Year Abroad (Study Abroad programme with partners in USA) Study abroad
KESW Knowledge Exploitation South West SWERDA initiative
MIRCE (Centre for) Management of Industrial Reliability, Cost and Effectiveness UOE
MRC Medical Research Council Research Council
NERC Natural Environment RC Research Council
NHS National Health Service Funding body
O(CS) Other (Clinical Services) TRAC
OGD Other Government Departments Research sponsor
OSR Other Services Rendered Funding
OST Office of Science and Technology Gov't office - Oversees RCs
PCF Project Costing Form TRAC
PGR Post graduate research student Category of Researcher
PI Principal Investigator (Like RA, RF, PGR) Category of Researcher
PMS Peninsular Medical School UOE
PPARC Particle Physics & Astronomy RC Research Council
PRARG Planning Resource Allocation Review Group Committee/ Group
PSC Professional Services Contribution UOE Management a/cing
QR Quality Research RAE-determined funding
RA Research Assistant Category of Researcher
RAE Research Assessment Exercise Periodic review of Research quality
RAGnet Research Administrators' Group network Committee/ Group
RAM Resource Allocation Model UOE Management a/cing
RC Research Council Research sponsor
RDA Regional Development Agency Funding body - Projects
RDP Research Development Programme PGR training
RF Research Fellow Category of Researcher
RONE Regional Offices of the NHS Executive Gov't office - ?Funding body
RTSG Research Training Support Grant Funding
SAAS Student Awards Agency for Scotland Funding body
SDF Strategic Development Fund Funding body
SELL School of Education and Lifelong Learning School
SHHD Scottish Home and Health Dept Funding body
SLC Student Loan Company Funding body
SPaRC Strategic Planning & Review Committee Committee/ Group
SRIF Science Research Investment Fund Funding body - Projects
TAS Time Allocation Schedule TRAC
TCS Tremough Campus Service CUC
TDV Tremough Development Vehicle Ltd CUC
TRAC Transparent Approach to Costing TRAC
TSU Technical Support Unit (UoE, at Tremough) CUC
TTA Teacher Training Authority Funding body
UEP University of Exeter Press UOE
UOA Unit of Assessment (HEFCE 68 subject areas used in QR funding) Funding methodology
UOE University of Exeter UOE
URF University Research Funding UoE Funding body
VC Vice Chancellor Staff