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Acronyms at the University of Tasmania

AARNET Australia's Academic and Research Network
AES Aboriginal Employment Strategy
ASPC Academic Staff Promotions Committee
ASPRC Academic Staff Promotions Review Committee
AAS Admission Approval System
ACE-CRC Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
AHEGS Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement
AMS Asset Management Services (now ISD)
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABN Australian Business Number
ACPI Australian Consumer Price Index
AMC Australian Maritime College
AQF Australian Qualifications Framework
ATO Australian Taxation Office
ATEM Association for Tertiary Education Management
BCMS Business Card Management System (until 2016)
BCS Business Classification Scheme
BIS Business Information System
CPE Card Processing Environment
CPSU Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group, Tasmanian Branch)
Code, the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
CODES Centre for Ore Deposit Research
CALT Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching
CFO Chief Finance Officer
CIO Chief Information Officer
CLP Centre-led procurement (as at 2017)
CMP Candidature Management Plan
COO Chief Operating Officer
CALE College of Arts, Law, Education
CHM College of Health and Medicine
CoSE College of Sciences and Engineering
CBA Commonwealth Bank of Australia (the University's bank)
CRICOS Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation
CRC Co-operative Research Centre
CAPS Copying and Printing System
CUD Course & Unit Database
CCC Cradle Coast Campus
CMRP Crisis Management and Recovery Plan
CMRT Crisis Management and Recovery Team
BD&TT Business Development and Technology Transfer
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
ESOS Act Education Services for Overseas Student Act
EDRMS Electronic Document and Records Management System
EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
ECO Emergency Control Organisation
ELC English Language Centre
ELICOS English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students
EAS Enrolment Approval System
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
EFTSL Equivalent full-time student load
EFTSU Equivalent full-time student unit
EDGE Agenda Excellence, Distinctiveness, Growth & Engagement
SET Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology
FMIS Financial Management Information System
FBT Fringe Benefits Tax
FTE Full-time Equivalent
GC General Counsel
GRO Graduate Research Office (central administration of HDRs)
GST Goods and Services Tax
HoS Head of School
HDR Higher Degree by Research
HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme
HERDC Higher Education Research Data Collection
HR Human Resources
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
ICT Information and Communication Technologies
iGrad Candidature management tool to monitor and track core candidature milestones
ITR Information Technology Services
ITS Information Technology Services
ISD Infrastructure Services & Development
IMAS Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
IASOS Institute of Antarctic & Southern Ocean Studies
ELTS International English Language Testing System
MBA Master of Business Administration
Menzies Menzies Research Institute
MRI Menzies Research Institute
NCVER National Centre for Vocational Education Research
NEAS National ELT Accreditation Scheme
NUMA Non University Member Access
NESB Non-English-speaking background
OU Organisational Unit
PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
PIN Personal Identification Number
POS Point of Sale
TRIM Refer to EDRMS
SaFCU Safe and Fair Community Unit, which is the nominated area of the University to manage and administer student complaints.
SOE Standard Operating Environment
SETL Student Evaluation of Teaching and Learning
SLIMS Student Lifecycle Information Management Services
TUSA Tasmanian University Student Association
TAFI Tasmanian Aquaculture & Fisheries Institute
TAHO Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office(inc Office of  State Archivist and Government Archives and Preservation)
TAO Tasmanian Audit Office
TIA Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
TILES Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies
TASCORP Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation
TSBE Tasmanian School of Business and Economics
TESOL Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TAFE Technical and Further Education
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language
University The University of Tasmania
USRS Unified Student Record System
URL Uniform Resource Locator
UNPRI United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
UET University Executive Team
UTAS University of Tasmania
SMT Up until 2017 Senior Management Team. Equivalent now UET
VC Vice-Chancellor
VET Vocational Education and Training
WARP Web Access Research Portal
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
W3C WCAG World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines