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Quality Manual

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AAFYEC Academic Advising and First Year Experience Committee
AASO Academic Advising and Scholarships Office of the Registry
AB Academic Board
AC Achievement Card
AGAR Advisory Group on Academic Reviews
AO Admissions Office of the Registry
ASE Academic Support and Examinations Section of the Registry
BASc Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
BoE Board of Examiners
CAES Centre for Applied English Studies
CCO Common Core Office
CCELE Committee on Chinese and English Language Enhancement
CDQA Centre of Development and Resources for Students
CEDARS Centre of Development and Resources for Students
CiC Communication-intensive Courses
CLC Chinese Language Centre
CLO Course Learning Outcome
COIL Collaborative Online International Learning
CPD Continuing Professional Development
CSE Centre for Sports and Exercise
CSS Communication Support Services
DRPC Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee
ECTA Early Career Teaching Award
ECTS European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
EIMOC Exercise is Medicine on Campus
EOU Equal Opportunity Unit
Exams Office Examinations Office of the Registry
FHDC Faculty Higher Degrees Committee
FTLQC Faculty Teaching and Learning Quality Committee
FYE First Year Experience
GHELC Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
GS General Services of the Registry
Grad Sch Graduate School
HKDSEE Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination
HO Horizons Office
ILO Institutional Learning Outcome
IT Information Technology
ITPC Information Technology Policy Committee
ITS Information Technology Services
MPhil Master of Philosophy
OBASL Outcomes Based Approach to Student Learning
Office of the VP/T&L Office of the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)
OTA Outstanding Teaching Award
PD Professional Doctorate
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
PLO Programme Learning Outcome
PLOAP Programme Learning Outcome Assessment Plan
PLOAR Programme Learning Outcome Achievement Report
PRD Performance Review and Development
QA Quality assurance
QAC Quality Assurance Council
QE Quality enhancement
RPg Research postgraduate
SEN Special Educational Needs
SFTL Student Feedback on Teaching and Learning
SIS Student Information System
SLEQ-TPG Student Learning Experience Questionnaire – Taught Postgraduate
SLEQ-UG Student Learning Experience Questionnaire – Undergraduate
T&L Teaching and Learning
TALIC Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre
TDG Teaching Development Grant
TEAS Teaching Excellence Award Scheme
TEC Thesis Examining Committee
TIA Teaching Innovation Award
TLQC Teaching and Learning Quality Committee
TPg Taught postgraduate
UDTA University Distinguished Teaching Award
Ug Undergraduate
UGC University Grants Committee
URFP Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme