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Acronyms

We will be shortly uploading a list of acronyms to help you understand the jargon within the Sector.  Once the list is uploaded, please do not hesitate to contact us if you know of an acronym that we haven't mentioned.


ASDAN Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network
C & G City & Guilds
CDG Contract Delivery Group
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CVS Community and Voluntary Sector
DfES Department for Education and Skills
DLDC Derbyshire Learning & Development Consortium
E2E Entry to Employment
EMA Education Maintenance Allowance
ESF European Social Fund
GOEM Government Office for the East Midlands
ILP Individual Learner Plan
ILR Individual Learner Record
JC+ Jobcentre Plus
NIACE National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
NLDC Neighourhood Learning in Deprived Communities
OCN Open College Network
OCNEMR Open College Network East Midlands Region
QIA Quality Improvement Agency
RARPA Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement in non-accredited learning
S4J Skills for Jobs
SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely
SR Short Record
T2G Train to Gain
VCS Voluntary and Community Sector
WBL Work Based Learning