Glossary

AAT - Association of Accounting Technicians

AIDA - Award in Digital Applications

A2 - The exams you take at the end of the second year of a full A level course

AS - The qualification you take at the end of the first year of an A level course

BS - Basic Skills 

BTEC - A set of vocational qualifications offered by Edexcel

CACHE - Council for Awards in Children’s Care and Education

CIDA - Certificate in Digital Applications

CISCO - A major IT company who offer ITC qualifications

C&G - City and Guilds

DIDA - Diploma in Digital Applications

E2E - Entry to Employment

Edexcel - One of the three big exam boards

EL - Entry Level

EMA - Education Maintenance Allowance

FCA - Foundation Construction Award

FD - First Diploma

FSMQ - Free-Standing Maths Qualification

GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education

HL - Higher Level

IA - Introductory Award

ICT – Information and Communications Technology

IMI – Institute of the Motor Industry

Intro Cert – Introductory Certificate

Intro Dip – Introductory Diploma

iPRO – IT Practitioner Qualification from OCR

IT – Information Technology

LCCI – London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

L&T – Leisure and Tourism

NA – National Award

NC – National Certificate

NCFE – Northern College of Further Education

ND – National Diploma

NVQ – National Vocational Qualification

OCR – One of the big three exam boards

OG - Other General Qualification

OQ - Occupational Qualification

PLA – Programme Led Apprenticeship

VCE - Vocational Certificate of Education 

VRQ - Vocationally-Related Qualification

VTCT – Vocational Training Charitable Trust