Glossary

Term	Definition
AQA	An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
BTEC	Business and Technology Education Council. a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and Further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
CACHE	Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education. Qualifications awarded by the Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education a provider of vocational qualifications for those working in the care and education.
e-book	electronic book viewed on the web, devices or computers
Edexcel	An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in the UK.
GCSE	General Certificate of Secondary Education. a qualification in a specific subject typically taken by school students aged 14–16, in Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
HNC	Higher National Certificate. A higher education qualification of the United Kingdom. HNC is one level below an HND.
HND	Higher National Diploma. A higher education qualification of the United Kingdom. HND is one level above an HNC
MARC record	MAchine-Readable Cataloging record that holds the data and information about an electronic resource in a particular format for ease of importing, exporting and comparing
NVQ	National Vocational Qualification. Vocational qualifications studied in Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
ProQuest	Is a company that provides solutions that power research in libraries around the world with unique content. Including e-book central that hosts Jisc’s e-books for FE
SQA	Scottish Qualifications Authority. An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in the Scotland.
SVQ	Scottish Vocational Qualification. Vocational qualifications studied in Scotland.
WJEC	An examination board providing examinations to schools and colleges in Wales, England and Northern Ireland.

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