Exciting Holiday Higher Ed Quiz

Acronym frenzy. How many do you know?

I spent six years working at UEA, home of the HE three letter acronym and have always had a fondness for them, the more pointless and obscure the better. So, what better way to mark the peak Higher Ed conference season than with a pointless quiz on HE acronyms. Some of these are relatively well known and others are more obscure so see how many you can get.

No cheating.

Answers at the end. Do share your scores #HEacronyms

The list

1. EMS
2. DAPs
3. AHUA
4. BUFDG
5. UQP
6. TRAC
7. SCITT
8. GCSA
9. ERASMUS
10. HEAPES
11. AURIL
12. PISG
13. RAB
14. DELNI
15. BUFVC
16. ELIR
17. CHEAD
18. FSSG
19. IAGS
20. JACCUC

Answers below

Don’t look yet

Harder than you thought, isn’t it?

You should have looked them up at the time.

Answers

1. EMS Estate Management Statistics
2. DAPs Degree Awarding Powers
3. AHUA Association of Heads of University Administration
4. BUFDG British Universities Finance Directors Group
5. UQP Unsatisfactory quality policy
6. TRAC Transparent Approach to Costing
7. SCITT School-centred initial teacher training
8. GCSA Government Chief Scientific Adviser
9. ERASMUS European Union Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students
10. HEAPES The Higher Education in Alternative Providers Early Statistics
11. AURIL Association for University Research & Industry Links
12. PISG Performance Indicators Steering Group
13. RAB Resource Accounting and Budgeting
14. DELNI Department of Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland
15. BUFVC British Universities Film & Video Council
16. ELIR Enhancement Led Institutional Review
17. CHEAD Council for Higher Education in Art & Design
18. FSSG Financial Sustainability Strategy Group
19. IAGS Intentions After Graduation Survey
20. JACCUC Joint Advisory Committee for Church Universities and Colleges

So, ho many did you get?

17-20 Outstanding. First class wonkery
13-16 Pretty good. You have been paying attention
8-12 You really do need to go back to school
< 8 Oh come on.

Next time – a selection of HESA graphs for you to identify.