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Glossary
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ALBSU Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit. Government agency established in 1980. Became independent company, registered as charity in 1991. Became Basic Skills Agency in 1996. See BSA.
BSA Basic Skills Agency. Independent charitable agency funded by DfES and the Welsh Assembly Government. See www.basic-skills.co.uk.
CPD Continuing professional development
CERI Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. An agency within OECD (qv).
C&G 9281 An introductory certificate in teaching communication skills to adults that predates the current qualification framework; roughly equivalent to current level 2
CTAD
DETR Department for Environment Transport and the Regions
DfES Department for Education and Skills. See ww.dfes.gov.uk
DfID Department for International Development. See www.dfid.gov.uk
E1 Entry Level 1 on the Adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL core curricula
E2 Entry Level 2 on the Adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL core curricula
E3 Entry Level 3 on the Adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL core curricula
EFL English as a Foreign Language
ESOL English for speakers of other languages
FENTO Further Education National Training Organisation. No longer active, See LLUK
GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England. Distributes public money for teaching and research to universities and colleges. See www.hefce.ac.uk
IATEFL International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
ILP Individual Learning Plan; document used to plan and record a student's learning
ITE/ITT Initial teacher education/training
LEA Local Education Authority
LLUK Lifelong Learning UK. SSC responsible for the professional development of all those working in libraries, archives and information services, work-based learning, higher education, further education and community learning and development. See www.lluk.org.uk
LLU+ a national consultancy and professional development centre for staff working in the areas of literacy, numeracy, dyslexia, family learning and English for Speakers of Other Languages. See http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/lluplus/
LSAL Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning. See www.lsal.pdx.edu
LSC Learning and Skills Council; responsible for funding and planning education
and training for learners over 16 years old in
MoD Ministry of Defence (
NATECLA National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults;
the national (
NFER National Foundation for Educational Research. See www.nfer.co.uk
NIACE The National
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments. See www.oecd.org
OFSTED a non-ministerial government department with responsibility for the inspection of all schools and all 16-19 education
PCET Post-compulsory education and training
PGCE / Cert Ed Non-subject-specific qualifications that give qualified teacher status
PLRA Planning Learning and Recording Achievement in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL; DfES project led by LSDA. See http://www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/LearningInfrastructurePlanningLearning
QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Non-departmental public body, sponsored by the DfES. See www.qca.org.uk
RaPAL Research and Practice in Adult Literacy. Independent network of learners, teachers, managers and researchers in adult basic education. See www.literacy.lancaster.ac.uk/rapal/
SSC Sector Skills Council. SSCs are independent, employer-led UK-wide organisations licensed by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to tackle the skills and productivity needs of their sector throughout the UK. See www.ssda.org.uk
Skills for Life The national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills in
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