Glossary
Term | Definition |
AQA | An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. |
BTEC | Business and Technology Education Council. a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and Further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
CACHE | Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education. Qualifications awarded by the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education a provider of vocational qualifications for those working in the care and education. |
e-book | electronic book viewed on the web, devices or computers |
Edexcel | An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in the UK. |
GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education. a qualification in a specific subject typically taken by school students aged 14–16, in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. |
HNC | Higher National Certificate. A higher education qualification of the United Kingdom. HNC is one level below an HND. |
HND | Higher National Diploma. A higher education qualification of the United Kingdom. HND is one level above an HNC |
MARC record | MAchine-Readable Cataloging record that holds the data and information about an electronic resource in a particular format for ease of importing, exporting and comparing |
NVQ | National Vocational Qualification. Vocational qualifications studied in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. |
ProQuest | Is a company that provides solutions that power research in libraries around the world with unique content. Including e-book central that hosts Jisc’s e-books for FE |
SQA | Scottish Qualifications Authority. An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in the Scotland. |
SVQ | Scottish Vocational Qualification. Vocational qualifications studied in Scotland. |
WJEC | An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. |
To suggest any more terms to add please contact content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk