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