| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|
| AAD |
Assistant Associate Dean |
| AC |
Audit Committee |
| AC |
Attenuation correction |
| ACU |
Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| AD |
Associate Dean |
| ADR |
Adverse drug reaction |
| AE |
Adverse event |
| AFHEA |
Associate Fellow of the HEA |
| AGCAS |
Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services |
| AHE |
Advance Higher Education |
| AHRC |
Arts and Humanities Research Council |
| AHSN |
Academic Health Science Networks |
| AHUA |
Association of Heads of University Administration |
| ALC |
Arts, Languages and Cultures |
| ALN |
Academic Libraries North |
| AMBS |
Alliance Manchester Business School |
| AMOSSHE |
Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education |
| AP |
Alternative (HE) provider |
| APC |
Accountability and Planning Conference |
| APC |
Article Processing Charge – an administrative fee charged by publishers to publish research Open Access with the required licence. |
| API |
Alternative Provider Institutions |
| APR |
Annual Performance Review |
| ARC |
Academic Registrars Council |
| ARDB |
Academic and Researcher Development Board |
| ARMA |
Association of Research Managers & Administrators |
| ARSAC |
Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee |
| ASL |
Arterial spin labelling |
| ATAS |
Academic Technology Approval Scheme |
| AUA |
Association of University Adminstrators |
| AUC |
Area under the curve |
| AUDE |
Association of University Directors of Estates |
| AV |
Added value |
| AVP |
Associate Vice President |
| AVPR |
Associate Vice President for Research |
