Association of Colleges
Further education glossary
Please see below for a glossary of further education abbreviations, acronyms and key terms.
National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education
National Association of Mathematics Advisers
National Association for Staff Development in the Post-16 Sector
National Association of Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (merged with Association of University Teachers in June 2006 to become the University and College Union).
Association of National Specialist Colleges
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
National Foundation for Educational Research
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
National Institute for Economic and Social Research
National Information and Learning Technology Association
Northern Ireland Numeracy Strategy
National Learning Network
National Numeracy Strategy introduced in September 1999 to support teachers, trainee teachers and others working to improve numeracy in primary schools
National Qualifications Framework
Newly Qualified Teacher
National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (in the US)
National Health Service University. Dissolved in July 2005
National Vocational Qualification