| ACL | Adult and community learning |
| ACDEVEG | Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ALL | Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey |
| AR | Augmented reality |
| CEDEFOP | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
| CSS | College Staff Survey |
| CTE | Career and technical education |
| ECTS | European Credit Transfer System |
| EdTech | Education technology |
| EU-LFS | European Union Labour Force Survey |
| FE | Further education |
| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| GNE-VET | Group of National Experts on VET |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ITET | Initial teacher education and training |
| ITP | Independent training provider |
| KMK | Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder |
| NRCCTE | National Research Center for Career and Technical Education |
| PBL | Project-based learning |
| PD | Professional development |
| PGCE | Post-Graduate Certificate in Education |
| PIAAC | OECD Survey of Adult Skills |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PTS | Passport to Success |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RTO | Registered Training Organisation |
| SELFIE | Self-reflection on Effective Learning by Fostering the Use of Innovative Educational Technologies |
| SES | Structure of Earnings Survey |
| SFC | Sixth form college |
| SIR | Staff Individualised Record |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SREB | Southern Regional Education Board |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| T2L | Teaching to Lead |
| TAFE | Technical and further education |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TTF | Taking Teaching Further |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
| VR | Virtual reality |
| WBL | Work-based learning |
Teachers and Leaders in Vocational Education and Training
