Human Resources: Staff Learning Centre
Introduction to UCT
List of Useful UCT Acronyms
AAH BoardAll Africa House Board
AAHMCAll Africa House Management Committee
ACAdmissions Committee
ACCCAdministrative Computing Co-ordinating Committee
ACUAfrican Cinema Unit
ADUAvian Demography Unit (ADU)
AEB Atomic Energy Board (not sure if this still exists but it was on my list and not on yours)
AEON Africa Earth Observatory Network
AFCAcademic Freedom Committee
AHRUAdolescent Health Research Unit
APCAdmissions and Progression Committee
ASDCAcademic Staff Development Committee
ASRU AIDS & Society Research Unit
AUAcademics Union
BERUBioprocess Engineering Research Unit
BfGSBoard for Graduate Studies
BISRUBlast Impact & Survivability Research Unit
CAReCentre for Actuarial Research
CCICentre for Contemporary Islam
CCRCentre for Catalysis Research
CCWCentre for Creative Writing
CeBERCentre for Bioprocess Engineering Research
CECCouncil Executive Committee
CERECAMCentre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics
CFASMConsultative Forum on Academic Staff Matters
CFTCross faculty teaching (teaching done by academics in courses offered by another faculty this is CFT below the level of the course; or courses taken by students of one faculty in another faculty - e.g. an engineering student taking a maths course offered by science, this is CFT at the course level)
CHECouncil for Higher Education
CHECCape Higher Education Consortium
CHED Centre for Higher Education Development
CHED BoardCentre for Higher Education Development Board
CITANDACentre for Information Technology and National Development in Africa
CMECentre for Materials Engineering
CMRCentre for Minerals Research
COE Cost of employment
COLCentre for Open Learning
CPMCentre for Popular Memory
CPS Campus Protection Services
CREECentre for Research in Engineering Education
CREECentre for Research in Engineering Education
CRSCentre for Rhetoric Studies
CRUCardiovascular Research Unit
CSCRCentre for Supramolecular Chemistry Research
CSCRCentre for Supramolecular Chemistry Research (CSCR)
CSDCentre for Science Development
CSIRCentre for Social Science Research
CS-LRCentre for Socio Legal Research
CSSRCentre for Social Science Research
CTPACentre for Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics (CTPA)
CTPACentre for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
DACDean’s Advisory Committee
DAD Department of Alumni & Development
DCAMDevelopment, Communication, Alumni & Marketing Working Group
DDBDoctoral Degrees Board
DiMPDisaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme
DISCHODiscrimination and Harassment Office
DoEDepartment of Education (Government)
DPADeemed Pensionable Amount
DPRU Development Policy Research Unit
DSA Department of Student Affairs
DTA Distinguished Teachers Award Committee
DVC Deputy Vice-Chancellor
EBE Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
EBEEngineering and the Built Environment
ECSAEngineering Council of South Africa
EDExecutive Director
EEEmployment Equity
EENEmployment Equity Network
EEUEnvironmental Evaluation Unit
EIR Ethics in Research Committee
EMS Centre for Extra-Mural Studies
EMUElectron Microscope Unit
EMWGEnvironmental Management Working Group
ERCEnergy Research Centre
ERMCEmployee Relations Management Committee
EUEmployees Union
EXCOCouncil Executive Committee
FAACFaculties Academic Admin Committee
FECFaculty Examinations Committee
FPCFundraising Projects Committee
FRUFreshwater Research
GOBGeneral operating budget (the "council-controlled" section of the budget)
GSBGraduate School of Business
HAICU HIV/AIDS Co-Ordination UCT
HEMISHigher Education Management Information System
HEQCHigher Education Quality Committee
HESAHigher Education South Africa
HODHead of Department
HPCSAHealth Professions Council of South Africa
HRAHuman Resources Advisor
HROHuman Resources Officer
HRMAGHuman Resources Management Advisory Group
HRPHuman Resources Practitioner
HSRCHuman Sciences Research Council
IAAAlbertina and Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa
IAPOInternational Academic Programmes Office
ICRSAInstitute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
ICTC4DInformation and Communications Technology Centre for Development
ICTSInformation and Communication Technology
ICTSInformation and Communication Technology Services
ICTUGInformation and Communication Technology Users Group
IDLLInstitute of Development and Labour Law
IEASA International Education Association of South Africa
IFInstitutional Forum
IFDS International full degree student(s)
IIDMM Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
iNCUDISA Intercultural & Diversity Studies Unit
IPDInstitutional Planning Department
IPRUIntellectual Property Research Unit
IRMA Integrated Research Management Application
ITF International Term Fee
ITTWGInformation Technology Thrust Working Group
JICJoint Investment Committee
JMSJoint Medical Staff
JSACJoint Standing Advisory Committee (UCT/PGWC)
LLARECLucy Lloyd Archive Resource & Exhibition Centre
LWGLibrary Working Group
MA-REMarine Research Institute
MRCMedical Research Council
MSCManagement Services Committee
NAPP New Academic Practitioners Programme
NEHAWUNational Education Health and Allied Workers Union
NHLSNational Health Laboratory Service
NOBCNaming of Buildings Committee
NRFNational Research Foundation
OEHRU UCT Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit
Ops MAGOperations Management Advisory Group
OVCOffice of the Vice Chancellor
P & SProperties and Services
PACPublications Award Committee
PACE Public & Continuing Education
PASS Professional, administrative, support and service staff
PASS SDC LGProfessional, administrative, support and service staff Development Committee Liaison Group
PASS SDCProfessional, administrative, support and service staff Development Committee
PCPayclass
PCPrincipal’s Circular
PCRUPrecipitation and Crystalisation Research Unit
PCUPlant Conservation Unit
PDPPersonal Development Plan
PFIAOPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology (Fitzstitute)
PGFO Postgraduate Funding Office
PGWCProvincial Government of the Western Cape
PIWGPlanning Integration Working Group
PMAGPlanning Management Advisory Group
PPLSCPhysical Planning and Landscape Sub-committee
PPLWGPhysical Planning and Landscape Working Group
PPS Procurement & Payment Services
PPSPersonal Performance System
PRAESAProject for Study of Alternative Education in SA
PSFCPostgraduate Studies Funding Committee
QAWGQuality Assurance Working Group
RASCResearch Associateships Selection Committee
RemcomRemuneration committee
RFJRate for Job
RICSAResearch Institute for Christanity in Southern Africa
RICSAResearch Institute on Christianity and Society in Africa
RMCRisk Management Committee
ROResearch Officer
RRCReadmission Review Committee
SACSpace Allocation Committee
SADC Southern Africa Development Community
SAFL Sasol Advanced Fuels Laboratory
SALDRUSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
SAP Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. SAP is a German corporation. It has developed the SAP system which is a client/server based information management program."
SAPCSenate Academic Planning Committee
SASPStandard Academic Salary Package
SATVISouth African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
SCSports Council
SDCStaff Development Committee
SEBSStaff Education Bursary Scheme
SECSenate Executive Committee
SETASector Education and Training Authority
SHAWCOStudents Health and Welfare Centres Organisation
SHEDSafety Health and Environment Department
SLCStaff Learning Centre
SLGSenior Leadership Group
SOScientific Officer
SSA Semester Study Abroad
supaTsela“light of the road ahead” – ICT renewal project
TEPFTemporary Employees Pension Fund (think this is historical)
TMAGTransformation Management Advisory Group
TOTechnical Officer
UACUniversity Audit Committee
UB & DCUniversity Building & Development Committee
UCTRFUniversity of Cape Town Retirement Fund
UDCUniversity Development Committee
UFCUniversity Finance Committee
UHRCUniversity Human Resource Committee
UICTCUniversity Information and Communication Technology Committee
UIFUnemployment Insurance Fund
URCUniversity Research Committee
USCUniversity Strategy Committee
USDSCUniversity Student Development and Services Committee
USFCUndergraduate Studies Funding Committee
USHEPIAUniversities Science, Humanities and Engineering Partnerships in Africa
UTACUniversity Transformation Advisory Committee
VC Vice-Chancellor
VCMAGVice-Chancellor’s Management Advisory Group
VSFCVisiting Scholars’ Fund Committee
WGWorking Group
WHRU Women’s Health Research Unit
WOACWorks of Art Committee