| Acronym | Meaning |
| SA |
Systems Approach |
| SAE |
Serious Adverse Event |
| SALC |
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
| SANE |
Safety Advisor Network Events |
| SAT |
Self-Assessment Team |
| SBS |
School of Biological Sciences |
| SC |
Staffing Committee |
| SCI |
Sustainable Consumption Institute |
| SCONUL |
Society of College, National and University Libraries |
| SD |
Standard Deviation |
| SDC |
Single Digital Community |
| SDV |
Source Document Verification |
| SEED |
School of Environment, Education and Development |
| SEEE |
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| SEM |
Standard Error for the Mean |
| SEO |
Senior Experimental Officer |
| SEV |
Site Evaluation Visit |
| SFA |
Skills Funding Agency |
| SFC |
Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council |
| SFHEA |
Senior Fellow of the HEA |
| SFR |
Statistical First Release |
| SFT |
Strategic Funding Team |
| SHS |
School of Health Sciences |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIFT |
Service Increment for Training |
| SIRF |
Strategic Investment Reserve Fund |
| SIV |
Site Initiation Visit |
| SLC |
Student Loans Company |
| SLD |
Staff Learning and Development |
| SLP |
Student Lifecycle Project |
| SLT |
School Leadership Team |
| SLT |
Senior Leadership Team |
| SMART |
Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely |
| SME |
Small and Medium Economy |
| SMLT |
Social Media Leadership Team |
| SMS |
School of Medical Sciences |
| SOC |
Standard Occupational Classification |
| SoF |
Source of Funds |
| SoPA |
School of Physics and Astronomy |
| SORP |
Statement of Recommended Practice |
| SoSS |
School of Social Sciences |
| SoY |
Start of Year |
| SPA |
Supporting Professionalism in Admissions |
| SPRC |
School Policy and Resourcing Committee |
| SR |
Social Responsibility |
| SRFO |
Senior Research Finance Officer |
| SRGG |
Social Responsibility Governance Group |
| SR |
Significant Risk |
| SR |
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) |
| SRF |
Small Research Facility |
| SRFO |
Senior Research Finance Officer |
| SRID |
Student Recruitment and International Development |
| SRIP |
Socially Responsible Investment Policy |
| SROC |
Student Record Officers' Conference |
| ST |
System Thinking |
| STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| STEMM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine |
| STFC |
Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| STRM |
Simplified Reference Tissue Model |
| SSI |
Site Specific Information Form |
| SSP |
Site Specific Protocol |
| SSR |
Student Staff Ratio |
| STFC |
Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| SUSC |
Subsidiary Undertakings Sub Committee |
| SuVr |
Standardised Uptake Value Ratios |
| SWOUT |
Sandwich Year-Out |