Higher Education and UCU activity is riddled with jargon and terminology that might be obscure to the uninitiated. UCU HQ has produced a handy jargon buster, which is available to download as a PDF below:
Local Jargon
- CASS - College of Arts and Social Sciences
- CLSM - College of Life Sciences and Medicine
- CoPS - College of Physical Sciences
- HERA - Higher Education Role Analysis
- JCCRA - Joint Consultative Committee on Redundancy Avoidance
- (New) JNCHES - Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff
- PGR - Postgraduate Researcher
- PGT - Postgraduate Taught student
- PNCC - Partnership and Negotiation Consulatative Committee
- RPG - Research Postgraduate
- UCTL - University Committee on Teaching & Learning
- UMG - University Management Group
- USS - Universities Superannuation Scheme
