Abbreviations and acronyms
Centre for Adult Continuing Education
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Business expenditure on research and development
Central Applications Office
Community-Academic Research Links
Campus Entrepreneurship Enterprise Network
European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Dublin City University
Department of Education and Skills
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Dundalk Institute of Technology
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Enterprise Ireland
Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education
European Research Council
European Union
European University Association
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Gross value added
Higher Education Authority
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Higher education institution
Higher Education Expenditure on research and development
Irish Business and Employers Confederation
Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce
Information and communications technology
Ireland’s inward investment promotion agency, formerly the Industrial Development Authority
Institute of Technology
Institutes of Technology Ireland
Irish Universities Association
Irish Research Council
Knowledge Transfer Ireland
Limerick Institute of Technology
Massive online open courses
Non-governmental organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Quality and Qualifications Ireland
Research and development
Roadmap for Employment-Academic Partnership
Recurrent Grant Allocation Model
Science Foundation Ireland
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
University College of Cork
University of Limerick