| P |
| PAC |
Public Accounts Committee |
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| PAT |
Professional Assocation of Teachers |
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| PCFCq |
Polytechnics and Colleges Funding council (wound up in 1992) |
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| PCfRE |
Professional Council for Religious Education |
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| PD |
Professional Development |
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| PDP |
Professional Development Portfolio |
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| PEC |
Peace Education Commission (IPRA body) |
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| PFI |
Private Finance Initiative |
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| PI |
Performance Indicator |
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| PM |
Performance Management |
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| PPARC |
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council |
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| PSE |
Personal and Social Education |
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| PSHE |
Personal Social and Health Education |
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| PSIN |
Post Secondary International Network |
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| PWC |
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
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| Q |
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TOP |
| QAA |
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (est. 1997) |
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| QCA |
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority |
www.qca.org.uk |
| QTS |
Qualified Teacher Status |
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| R |
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TOP |
| RAE |
Research Assessment Exercise |
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| RCVS |
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
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| RDA |
Regional Development Agency |
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| RE |
Religious Education |
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| REfIT |
Religious Education from IT |
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| RIBA |
Royal Institute of British Architects |
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| RS |
Religious Studies |
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| RS |
Royal Society |
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| RSA |
Royal Society of Arts |
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