UCAS terms

Below is a list of commonly used terms and how they should be written (using upper and lower-case letters).

  • Awarding Body Linkage (ABL)
  • adviser
  • Adviser Track
  • Adjustment
  • annual datasets
  • Annual Report
  • Apply
  • Apply 1
  • Apply 2
  • Apply for advisers
  • Applicant Status Reports
  • application
  • application digest
  • centre
  • Clearing
  • college
  • Competitor Report
  • conditional offer
  • Confirmation
  • Confirmation letter
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • course code
  • Course Collect
  • data tables
  • decline by default (DBD)
  • deferral
  • Extra
  • firm choice
  • Guided Learning Hours (GLH)
  • HEP Team
  • HESA
  • higher education (HE)
  • higher education provider (HEP)
  • insurance choice
  • JACS code
  • management statistics
  • Net.update
  • odbc-link
  • Offers Report
  • Outstanding Decisions List (ODL)
  • Personal ID
  • personal statement
  • point of entry
  • Progression Report
  • Record of Prior Acceptance (RPA)
  • reject by default (RBD)
  • reference
  • Scheme Code
  • school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT)
  • School Direct
  • School Direct (salaried)
  • Similarity Detection Service
  • Situation Report
  • Statistical Enquiry Service
  • Tariff
  • Track
  • UCAS
  • UCAS centre
  • UCAS Conservatoires
  • UCAS Postgraduate
  • UCAS Teacher Training
  • UCAS Undergraduate
  • UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
  • unconditional offer
  • Unique Learner Number (ULN)
  • Unistats
  • university
  • web chat
  • web-link
  • website
  • welcome email
  • xml-link

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