A
AGCAS  Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services      
AHUA  Association of Heads of University Administration
AHRC  Arts and Humanities Research Council
AMOSSHE  Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education
AMRC  Association of Medical Research Charities 
AOC  Association of Colleges
AUA  Association of University Administrators
AURIL  Association for University Research and Industrial Links

B
BSA British Science Association
BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
BDA British Dental Association
Bologna Process
BMA British Medical Association

C
CBI Confederation of British Industry
CHEAD Council for Higher Education in Art and Design
CHEW Chairs of Higher Education Wales
CILT Centre for Information on Language Teaching

D
DCELLS  Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills
DBIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 

E
EC European Commission
ENQA European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
ERASMUS European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students
ESF European Social Fund
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council

F
FHEA Further and Higher Education Act 1992

G
GMC General Medical Council
GuildHE (Previously SCOP)

H
HEA Higher Education Academy
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEFCW Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
HEPI Higher Education Policy Institute
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency

I
ITT Initial Teacher Training in Wales

J
JANET Joint Academic Network
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee

K

L
LSC Learning and Skills Council

M
MEDEV Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine
MRC Medical Research Council

N
NAFW National Assembly for Wales
NAO National Audit Office
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
NFER National Foundation for Educational Research
NIACE National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
NSS National Student Survey
NUS National Union of Students

O
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFSTED Office for Standards in Education
ORSAS Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme
OST Office of Science and Technology

P
PAC Public Accounts Committee

Q
QAA Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
QCDA Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

R
RAE Research Assessment Exercise
RSA Royal Society of Arts
Russell Group

S
SERC Science and Engineering Research Council
SFC Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education
SRHE Society for Research into Higher Education

T
TTA Teacher Training Agency

U
UCAS Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
UCEA Universities and Colleges Employers Association
UKCOSA UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs
US Universities Scotland
UUK Universities UK

V

W
Wales Office
WAG Welsh Assembly Government
WHEB Wales Higher Education Brussels
WHECC Welsh Higher Education Credit Consortium
WHELF Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum
Welsh Affairs Committee
WIC Wales International Consortium