Glossary

  • AHRC - Arts and Humanities Research Council
  • ALB - Arthur Lewis Building
  • CAS - Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (for visa purposes)
  • AR - Annual Review: Meeting/Panel to discuss academic progression
  • BB – Blackboard, the University of Manchester's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), a web-based password-protected environment that can be used for communication, the delivery of teaching materials and provision of relevant information. It can be accessed by any computer which is connected to the internet. You do not have to be on campus to see any Blackboard units that you have access to
  • BPS - British Psychology Society
  • CDI - Centre for Development Informatics
  • CDT – Centre for Doctoral Training
  • CEP - Critical Education Policy 
  • CoP - Code of Practice
  • CP - Critical Pedagogies 
  • CS - Campus Solutions
  • CURE - Collaboratory for Urban Resilience and Energy
  • DASS - Disability Advice and Support Service
  • DDAR – Division of Development and Alumni Relations
  • DECP - Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology
  • Director of Research - responsible for all academic matters pertaining to all Doctoral students within the School
  • Discipline Coordinator (DisCo) - responsible for overseeing students within their department
  • DP - Disadvantage and Poverty (based in MIE)
  • EdD - Doctorate in Education
  • EP - Education and Psychology
  • EPRG - Environmental Processes Research Group (based in Geography)
  • eProg - eProg is the University-wide progression monitoring system and skills training catalogue for postgraduate researchers
  • eThesis - eThesis is the University’s institutional repository where you can deposit your research and are required to deposit the electronic version of your PhD/MPhil thesis. 
  • ESRC - Economic and Social Research Council
  • EW - Ellen Wilkinson Building
  • GDI - Global Development Institute
  • GURG - Global Urbanism Research Group
  • HBS - Humanities Bridgeford Street Building
  • HCPC - Health and Care Professions Council
  • HoSA - Head of School Administration
  • Independent Reviewer - their role is to provide a view independent from the supervisory team and should therefore not be involved in any supervision of work
  • JRULM - John Rylands University Library of Manchester
  • LCSV - Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Value
  • MARG - Manchester Architectural Research Group
  • MDC - Manchester Doctoral College
  • Mid-Year Review - an interim review to discuss any issues and to prepare for the Annual Review
  • MIE - Manchester Institute of Education
  • MUI - Manchester Urban Institute
  • NCTL - National College of Teaching and Leadership
  • NWCDTP - AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership
  • NWDTC - ESRC North West Doctoral Training Centre
  • NWSSDTP - ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership
  • ORCID - Open Research and Contributor ID
  • Panel - comprises the independent reviewer, supervisory team and, on occasion, Discipline Coordinator
  • PDS - President’s Doctoral Scholar (award)
  • PEM - Planning and Environmental Management
  • PGR - Postgraduate Research
  • PGRC: Postgraduate Research Committee
  • PGT - Postgraduate Taught
  • PPS - Practice Placement Supervisor
  • PSS - Professional Support Staff
  • Prof Doc - Professional Doctorate
  • PURE - Research management system, which holds information about a wide range of research information including publications, activities, prizes, media coverage and more – all in one place.
  • QEG - Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology
  • RDF - Researcher Development Framework
  • RTSG - Research Training Support Grant is additional funding available to NWDTC students that can be used for a number of research-related purposes including conference attendance, UK fieldwork and the purchase of books or other key resources
  • RP1, RP2 and RP3 – Research Papers 1, 2 and 3 relevant to Professional Doctorate programmes
  • SCGRG - Social and Cultural Geography Research Group
  • SEAG – School Ethics Advisory Group
  • SEAN - Special Educational and Additional Needs
  • SEED – School of Environment, Education and Development
  • Sharepoint - online collaborative workspaces that allow users to share documents and files, post announcements, organise group information, among other things, in a secure environment
  • SPAL - Spatial Policy and Analysis Laboratory
  • SSC - Student Services Centre
  • SSO - Student System Office
  • Student Representative - students who are chosen by their peers to act as the representative for a particular programme, School or Faculty. They act as a formal channel of communication between the students they represent and the University staff involved in their programme, School or Faculty
  • TA - Teaching Assistant
  • TEP - Trainee Educational Psychologist
  • UKVI - UK Visas and Immigration
  • UREC - University Research Ethics Committee