Raising the Basic Skills of Workers in England, United Kingdom

Abbreviations and acronyms

The main abbreviations and acronyms used in the report are listed below.

AEB	Adult Education Budget
ASB	Adult Skills Budget
ASCL Act	Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act
ASHE	Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
BMBF	Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research), Germany
CIF	Congé Individuel de Formation (Individual training leave), France
CIPD	Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
CLT	Community Learning Trust
CPD	Continuing Professional Development
EI	Employment Insurance, Canada
EIB	European Investment Bank
ESA	Employment and Support Allowance
ESFA	Education and Skills Funding Agency
ESOL	English for speakers of other languages
FE	Further education
FONGECIF	Fonds de Gestion des Congés Individuels de Formation (Institutions responsible for training leave), France
FVU	Forberende Voksenundervisning (Preparatory Adult Education), Denmark
GLA	Greater London Authority
GMCA	Greater Manchester Combined Authority
ICT	Information and communications technology
ILA	Individual learning accounts
ILO	International Labour Organization
ILR	Individualised Learner Record
ISCO	International Standard Classification of Occupations, ILO
JCP	Jobcentre Plus
JSA	Jobseeker’s Allowance
LEO	Longitudinal Education Outcomes
LTI	Lost-time injury
MCAs	Mayoral Combined Authorities
MiFEC	Mathematics in Further Education Colleges
NRS	National Retraining Scheme
NVQ	National Vocational Qualification
OPCA	Organisme Paritaire Collecteur Agrée (joint organisation for approved collections), France
PES	Public employment service
ULF	Union Learning Fund
ULRs	Union Learning Representatives, Unionlearn
ULS	Union Learning Survey
U3A	University of the Third Age