Glossary
Glossary
| Skills for Life Strategy Unit | The Skills for Life Strategy Unit is responsible for driving forward implementation of the national strategy and ensuring efforts to improve literacy, language and numeracy skills at national and local level are consistent and well co-ordinated. |
| AE | Adult education |
| Skills for Life | The Basic Skills Agency definition of this is: the ability to read, write and speak in English (or Welsh), and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function at work and in society in general... |
| Budget profile | After receiving your contract you must submit a budget profile forecasting the spend for each month of the first year. This, and subsequent year profiles, must equal the year totals in your contract. |
| CLAIT | Computer Literacy and Information Technology - a vocational qualification that recognises competence in practical IT skills at an introductionary level. The certificate is the most widely recognised IT qualification in the country... |
| Contract | The contract is the legal document generated from the agreed content of the bid. It details the aims, outcomes and budget against which the project will be measured. |
| DfES | Department for Education and Skills |
| ECDL | European Computer Driving Licence - the Europe-wide qualification demonstrating competence in computer skills. The ECDL is designed specifically for those who wish to gain a basic qualification in computing to help them with their current job, develop their IT skills and enhance their career prospects. No prior knowledge of IT or computer skills is needed to study the ECDL. |
| ENTO (formerly EMPNTO) | ENTO will provide information, advice, guidance and support for those who use our National Occupational Standards and will in addition provide support products and services to support their implementation. To find out more visit www.empnto.co.uk/information/purpose.htm |
| Expenditure profile |
You need to submit actual spend amounts for each period in order to receive payment from LSC. This information should be submitted before the invoice is received by the LSC and these amounts should correspond to the invoice for the same period. |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| Train to Gain | Train to Gain is a new government skills programme that is being introduced across England during 2006. The programme will be at the very heart of the Skills Strategy over the coming years and it will build on the achievements of the Employer Training Pilots (ETP). |
| Financial profile | The monthly analysis of the detailed expenditure table. Note - sometimes referred to as the forecast |
| HE | Higher Education |
| IAG | Information, advice and guidance - IAG Networks provide free services to adults to assist them in accessing or progressing in learning. To find out details of IAG Network Co-ordinators in England visit www.gab.org.uk |
| ICT | Information, Communication and Technology |
| IiP | Investors in People - the national standard of good practice for the training and development of people in the workplace. |
| Learndirect hub | Network of learndirect learning centres and access points, which are linked by area (geographical hub), sector (eg Trade Union) or organisation (eg Sainsbury's). |
| LLL | Lifelong learning |
| LSC | The Learning and Skills Council - the Learning and Skills Council is responsible for all post-16 education and training and bring together Training and Enterprise Councils and the Further Education Funding Council. There are 47 local Learning and Skills Councils (LLSCs) across England. |
| Outcomes profile | Quarterly analysis of actual outcomes with the forecasted figures. |
| QCA |
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) maintains and develops the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations; and accredits and monitors qualifications in colleges and at work. To find out more visit www.qca.org.uk/ |
| RDA | Regional Development Agency - RDAs are public bodies which aim to co-ordinate regional economic development and regeneration. To find out more visit www.rdauk.org/rdauk/ |
| Skills for Life | Skills for life is the Government's national strategy for improving literacy and numeracy and includes ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). |
| SSCs | Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are independent, UK wide organisations developed by groups of influential employers in industry or business sectors of economic or strategic significance. SSCs are employer-led and actively involve trade unions, professional bodies and other stakeholders in the sector. To find out more visit ww.ssda.org.uk/ssc/sscouncil.shtml |
| ULF | Union Learning Fund - a government initiative launched in 1998 to encourage a range of vocational and non-vocational education projects rooted in the workplace. |
| ULR | Union Learning Representative |
| Variations | A formal agreement signed by both parties, to amend any of the three variable elements of the contract, for example, start and/or end dates, expenditure table and measurable outcomes. |
