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| Term | Definition |
| AAA | Affirmative Action Agency. |
| AAACE | Australian Association of Adult and Community Education. See Adult and Community Education. |
| AAMT | Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers. |
| AARE | Australian Association for Research in Education. |
| ABE | See Adult Basic Education. |
| ABN | Australian Business Number. |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Training Advisory Council (or ATSIPTAC) | Also called Indigenous education. Education, or education programs, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
| Aboriginal Education Strategic Initiatives Program | (AESIP) See Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program. |
| Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme | (ATAS) A government program providing supplementary tutorial assistance and other kinds of study |
| ABR | Australian Business Register. |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics. |
| ABSTUDY | Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme. A government scheme providing financial assistance to indigenous students in school or further education. |
| ACACA | See Australasian Curriculum Assessment and Certification Authorities. |
| Academic advisor | A person working in an educational institution who assists students to choose and plan their study program. |
| Academic award | Also called: credential. A qualification granted for the satisfactory completion of an accredited course. See also Australian Qualifications Framework. |
| ACAL | See Australian Council for Adult Literacy. |
| ACC | Area Consultative Committee. |
| ACCE | Australian Centre for Equity through Education. |
| Acceleration | Progression through an education or training program at a faster rate than usual. |
| Access and equity | A policy or set of strategies to make vocational education and training available to all members of the community, to increase participation, and to improve outcomes - particularly focussing on those groups that have been traditionally under-represented, including: women, indigenous Australians, people with a disability, people from non-English speaking backgrounds, and people from rural and remote areas. |
| Access course | A preparatory, prevocational or bridging course that prepares students for further study or training. Access courses are offered particularly for immigrants, overseas students, and adults who are seeking to re-enter the workforce. |
| Access Program | Also called New Apprenticeships Access Program. A program providing pre-apprenticeship and pre-traineeship training for people who are registered as unemployed and are disadvantaged in the labour market, needing preliminary training before they can successfully participate in an apprenticeship or traineeship. |
| ACCI | Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. |
| Accreditation | The formal recognition of a course by the State or Territory course accrediting body, in accordance with the Standards for State and Territory Registering/Course Accrediting Bodies (ANTA 2001). |
| Accredited course | A structured sequence of vocational education and training that leads to an Australian Qualifications Framework qualification or Statement of Attainment. |
| Accrediting authority | An organisation with the authority and responsibility for accrediting courses and training programs. |
| Accrediting body | See State or Territory Accrediting Body. Alignment process of relating groups of competencies with a definable work outcome, to an Australian Qualifications Framework level. |
| ACE | See Adult and Community Education. |
| ACER | See Australian Council for Educational Research. |
| ACFE | (Victoria) Adult, Community and Further Education. |
| ACFEB | Adult Community and Further Education Board. |
| Achievement | The attainment of a specified standard of performance. |
| ACIBC | Australian Council of Independent Business Colleges. |
| ACIRRT | Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training, a research centre at the University of Sydney. |
| ACIVC | See Australian Council of Independent Vocational Colleges. |
| ACM | Australian Chamber of Manufactures, now part of the Australian Industry Group. |
| ACOTAFE | Australian Committee on Technical and Further Education. See also Kangan Report. |
| ACPET | See Australian Council for Private Education and Training. |
| ACRC | Australian Competency Research Centre, based at the Barton Institute of TAFE. |
| ACSA | See Australian Curriculum Studies Association. |
| ACTATE | (Australian Capital Territory) ACT Association for the Teaching of English. |
| ACTCAL | (Australian Capital Territory) ACT Council for Adult Literacy. |
| ACTCOSS | (Australian Capital Territory) ACT Council for Social Services. |
| Action learning | Learning by working on real problems, implementing solutions, and reviewing and reflecting on the learning process. |
| Active learning | Learning driven primarily by the learner, with the instructor acting as a facilitator. See also Self-directed learning. |
| Activity Supervisor | (Electronic classroom/Internet) The person who supervises forums and chat sessions so that content proposed by users can be screened for suitability and adherence to standards. |
| ACTRAC | See Australian Committee for Training Curriculum. |
| ACTRAC Products Limited | Australian Committee for Training Curriculum Products Limited, now known as Australian Training Products Limited (ATP). |
| ACTU | Australian Council of Trade Unions. |
| ACTVTA | Australian Capital Territory Vocational Training Authority.). |
| ACVETS | See Australian Committee on Vocational Education and Training Statistics. |
| ADF | See Australian Defence Forces. |
| Admission criteria | Requirements - such as educational qualifications, knowledge, skills or experience - for entry to a particular course. |
| ADTAC | See Australian Disability Training Advisory Council. |
| Adult and Community Education | Education of adults; education programs designed for adults, often incorporating approaches to education that draw on the learners life or work experiences, involve learners in planning the learning activities and encourage learning in groups, as well as more self-directed learning. |
| Adult Basic Education | (ABE) Remedial or school-level education for adults, usually with emphasis on the literacy, numeracy and social skills needed to function within the community or to gain employment. |
| Adult Learners Week | Premier annual event for Adult and Community Education. |
| Adult learning | The processes by which adults learn and build on their existing knowledge and skills. |
| Adult Learning Australia Inc. | (ALA) The peak organisation for adult and community education providers and participants. |
| Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium | (ALNARC - http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/alnarc) The Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium represents a national collaboration between five university-based research centres, based on a collaborative research management model designed to respond to state-based needs. |
| Adult migrant education | E ducation programs that aim to assist adult immigrants and refugees in their settlement in Australia , including English language and literacy programs. See also Adult Migrant English Program and Advanced English for Migrants Program. |
| Adult Migrant English Program | (AMEP) An education and settlement program funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) for new immigrants and refugees, providing English language teaching, counselling and support services. |
| Adult Migrant English Service | (AMES - New South Wales and Tasmania) A provider of English language and literacy programs and related services, including workplace training programs and consultancies for newly-arrived immigrants, job seekers, workplace clients and youth. |
| Adult Multicultural Education Services | (AMES - Victoria). A provider of English language and literacy programs and related services, also assisting clients to access training programs, obtain recognition for overseas qualifications, and gain employment. |
| Advanced Certificate | A qualification under the former Register of Australian Tertiary Education (RATE) system of awards. |
| Advanced Diploma | A qualification in the vocational education and training and higher education sectors. See also Australian Qualifications Framework. |
| Advanced English for Migrants Program | (AEMP) A government program assisting immigrant jobseekers to obtain employment and overcome individual barriers to participation in vocational education and training by providing advanced English language training, generally with a vocational focus. |
| Advanced standing | (Also called: status or credit recognition) Granted to a student on the basis of previous study (credit transfer) and/or experience (recognition of prior learning), exempting the student from a particular course, subject or module. |
| AEC | See Australian Education Council. |
| AEI | See Australian Education International. |
| AEMP | See Advanced English for Migrants Program. |
| AEP | See National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy. |
| AEShareNet | (In full, Australian Education Sharing Network) An online system managed by the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs for dealing with copyright issues in the vocational education and training sector. |
| AESIP | Aboriginal Education Strategic Initiatives Program, now known as the Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program (IESIP). |
| AESL | AEShareNet Ltd. See AEShareNet. |
| AEU | See Australian Education Union. |
| Affirmative action | Action favouring those groups that tend to suffer from discrimination, or that are under-represented in the workforce or education and training programs. |
| AFRA | Australian Furniture Removers Association. |
| AHRI | Australian Human Resources Institute. |
| AHRP | Australian Hospitality Review Panel. |
| AICTEC | Australian Information and Communication Technology in Education Committee. |
| AIEF | Australian International Education Foundation, now known as Australian Education International (AEI). |
| AIG | See Australian Industry Group. |
| AIM | Australian Institute of Management. |
| AIMS | Australian Institute of Marine Science. |
| AIRC | Australian Industrial Relations Commission. |
| AITAC | See Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council. |
| AITD | See Australian Institute of Training and Development. |
| ALA | See Adult Learning Australia Inc. |
| ALBE | Adult Literacy and Basic Education. |
| ALEA | See Australian Literacy Educators Association. |
| ALGA | Australian Local Government Association. |
| ALLP | Australian Language and Literacy Policy. |
| ALMitab | Australian Light Manufacturing Industry Training Advisory Board. |
| ALNARC | See Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium. |
| Alon | (Also: ALON) Adult Learning online database, an information network for the Australian adult learning community. |
| ALRN | Adult Literacy Research Network. |
| ALT | Adult Literacy Teaching. |
| Alternative entry | (Also called: special entry) Entry to a course or program by special arrangement where the learner does not meet the standard entry requirements (usually Year 12 or equivalent). |
| AMEP | See Adult Migrant English Program. |
| AMES | See Adult Migrant English Service. |
| ANHLC | Association of Neighbourhood Houses and Learning Centres. |
| Annual Student Contact Hours | (ASCH, also called: Annual Hours) The total nominal hours (supervised) for the modules undertaken in a year, used as a measure of total system delivery, e.g. for an institute, State or Territory. |
| ANSTO | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. |
| ANTA | See Australian National Training Authority. |
| ANTA Board | The governing body of the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), responsible for the organisations performance, as well as advising and providing support to the ANTA Ministerial Council (MINCO). |
| ANTA CEOs Committee | A committee that examined the implications of proposals before they were considered by the ANTA Board, and advised on those implications. CEOs also individually advised their Ministers and considered draft resolutions for the Ministerial Council. The ANTA CEOs Committee also worked to increase co-operation between State and Territory vocational education and training systems. |
| ANTA Key Research Centres | Research centres which were directly funded by the Australian National Training Authority - under the Key Vocational Education and Training Research Centres National Project - to undertake research and develop specialist expertise in designated areas, in order to inform vocational education and training policy. |
| ANTA Ministerial Council | (MINCO) A body comprised of the Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers responsible for vocational education and training, that decides national policy, objectives and priorities for vocational education and training. |
| ANTARAC | Australian National Training Authority Research Advisory Council, superseded by the National Research and Evaluation Committee (NREC). |
| ANU | Australian National University. |
| ANZCERTA | Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement. See Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement. |
| ANZSIC | See Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification. |
| APL | ACTRAC Products Ltd, now known as Australian Training Products Ltd (ATP). |
| Application codes | A unique number for each application course and location and attendance mode. |
| Apprentice | A person undertaking training under an apprenticeship. See also New Apprenticeships and Trainees. |
| Apprenticeship | A system of training regulated by law or custom that combines on-the-job training and work experience while in paid employment with formal off-the-job training. The apprentice enters into a contract of training or training agreement with an employer that imposes mutual obligations on both parties. Traditionally, apprenticeships were in trade occupations (declared vocations) and were of four years duration. See also New Apprenticeships and Traineeships. |
| Approving authority | A body that approves apprenticeships and traineeships for the purposes of the Workplace Relations Act 1996, and determines the impact of training on productive time for apprenticeships and traineeships that are approved. |
| APSDEP | Asian and Pacific Skill Development Program. |
| APSDIN | Asian and Pacific Skill Development Information Network. |
| AQC | Australian Quality Council. |
| AQF | See Australian Qualifications Framework. |
| AQFAB | See Australian Qualifications Framework Advisory Board. |
| AQTF | See Australian Quality Training Framework. |
| ARAP | Assessing and Registering Authority. |
| ARC | Australian Recognition Framework, now Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). |
| ARIS | Adult Education Resource and Information Service, managed by Language Australia. |
| ARTC | Australian Recognised Trades Certificate. |
| Articulation | The arrangements that facilitate the movement or progression of students from one course to another, or from one education and training sector to another. See also Advanced standing, Credit, and Recognition of prior learning. |
| ASCED | See Australian Standard Classification of Education. |
| ASCH | See Annual student contact hours. |
| ASCILITE | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. |
| ASCO | See Australian Standard Classification of Occupations. |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations. |
| ASF | See Australian Standards Framework. |
| ASIC | Australian Second Language Proficiency Rating(s). |
| ASPA | Australian Secondary Principals Association. |
| ASPBAE | Asia South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education. |
| Assessment | The process of gathering and judging evidence in order to decide whether a |