Abbreviations
| AAT | Association of Accounting Technicians |
| APEL | Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning |
| CACHE | Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education |
| CLAIT | Computer Literacy and Information Technology |
| C&G | City and Guilds |
| DTP | DeskTop Publishing |
| ECDL | European Computer Driving Licence |
| EFW | English for Women |
| ESOL | English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| EU | European Union |
| GNVQ | General National Vocational Qualification |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IBT | Integrated Business Technology |
| ICT | Information Communication Technology |
| IT | Information Technology |
| LOCN | London Open College Network |
| NCFE | Northern Council for Further Education |
| NICAS | National Inter-Action Computing Award Scheme |
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
| OCR | Oxford, Cambridge and RSA |
| TESOL | Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| WBLA | Work Based Learning for Adults |