Jargonbuster

Consortia
Plural of Consortium

Consortium
A group of organisations who come together to fulfil a combined objective or project that usefully requires co-operation and the sharing of resources.

CPD
Continuous Professional Development

CVS
Council for Voluntary Service

EBS
Embedded Basic Skills

Franchise
An arrangement through which one organisation delivers learning opportunities on behalf of another, which pays them with money from a funding organisation, such as the LSC.

IAG
Information, Advice and Guidance

ILR
Individual Learner Record (data return to the Learning and Skills Council)

ILP
Individual Learning Plan

LSC
Learning and Skills Council

MIS
Management Information System

RAP
Regional Achievement Programme

VCO
Voluntary and Community Organisation

VCS
Voluntary and Community Sector