Human Resources: Staff Learning Centre
Introduction to UCT
List of Useful UCT Acronyms
AAH Board
AAHMC
AC
ACCC
ACU
ADU
AEB
AEON
AFC
AHRU
APC
ASDC
ASRU
AU
BERU
BfGS
BISRU
CARe
CCI
CCR
CCW
CeBER
CEC
CERECAM
CFASM
CFT
CHE
CHEC
CHED
CHED Board
CITANDA
CME
CMR
COE
COL
CPM
CPS
CREE
CREE
CRS
CRU
CSCR
CSCR
CSD
CSIR
CS-LR
CSSR
CTPA
CTPA
DAC
DAD
DCAM
DDB
All Africa House Board
All Africa House Management Committee
Admissions Committee
Administrative Computing Co-ordinating Committee
African Cinema Unit
Avian Demography Unit (ADU)
Atomic Energy Board (not sure if this still exists but it was on my list and not on yours)
Africa Earth Observatory Network
Academic Freedom Committee
Adolescent Health Research Unit
Admissions and Progression Committee
Academic Staff Development Committee
AIDS & Society Research Unit
Academics Union
Bioprocess Engineering Research Unit
Board for Graduate Studies
Blast Impact & Survivability Research Unit
Centre for Actuarial Research
Centre for Contemporary Islam
Centre for Catalysis Research
Centre for Creative Writing
Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research
Council Executive Committee
Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics
Consultative Forum on Academic Staff Matters
Cross 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)
Council for Higher Education
Cape Higher Education Consortium
Centre for Higher Education Development
Centre for Higher Education Development Board
Centre for Information Technology and National Development in Africa
Centre for Materials Engineering
Centre for Minerals Research
Cost of employment
Centre for Open Learning
Centre for Popular Memory
Campus Protection Services
Centre for Research in Engineering Education
Centre for Research in Engineering Education
Centre for Rhetoric Studies
Cardiovascular Research Unit
Centre for Supramolecular Chemistry Research
Centre for Supramolecular Chemistry Research (CSCR)
Centre for Science Development
Centre for Social Science Research
Centre for Socio Legal Research
Centre for Social Science Research
Centre for Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics (CTPA)
Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Dean’s Advisory Committee
Department of Alumni & Development
Development, Communication, Alumni & Marketing Working Group
Doctoral Degrees Board
DiMP
DISCHO
DoE
DPA
DPRU
DSA
DTA
DVC
EBE
EBE
ECSA
ED
EE
EEN
EEU
EIR
EMS
EMU
EMWG
ERC
ERMC
EU
EXCO
FAAC
FEC
FPC
FRU
GOB
GSB
HAICU
HEMIS
HEQC
HESA
HOD
HPCSA
HRA
HRO
HRMAG
HRP
HSRC
IAA
IAPO
ICRSA
ICTC4D
ICTS
ICTS
ICTUG
IDLL
IEASA
IF
IFDS
IIDMM
iNCUDISA
IPD
IPRU
IRMA
ITF
ITTWG
JIC
JMS
JSAC
LLAREC
LWG
Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme
Discrimination and Harassment Office
Department of Education (Government)
Deemed Pensionable Amount
Development Policy Research Unit
Department of Student Affairs
Distinguished Teachers Award Committee
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
Engineering and the Built Environment
Engineering Council of South Africa
Executive Director
Employment Equity
Employment Equity Network
Environmental Evaluation Unit
Ethics in Research Committee
Centre for Extra-Mural Studies
Electron Microscope Unit
Environmental Management Working Group
Energy Research Centre
Employee Relations Management Committee
Employees Union
Council Executive Committee
Faculties Academic Admin Committee
Faculty Examinations Committee
Fundraising Projects Committee
Freshwater Research
General operating budget (the "council-controlled" section of the budget)
Graduate School of Business
HIV/AIDS Co-Ordination UCT
Higher Education Management Information System
Higher Education Quality Committee
Higher Education South Africa
Head of Department
Health Professions Council of South Africa
Human Resources Advisor
Human Resources Officer
Human Resources Management Advisory Group
Human Resources Practitioner
Human Sciences Research Council
Albertina and Walter Sisulu Institute for Ageing in Africa
International Academic Programmes Office
Institute for Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
Information and Communications Technology Centre for Development
Information and Communication Technology
Information and Communication Technology Services
Information and Communication Technology Users Group
Institute of Development and Labour Law
International Education Association of South Africa
Institutional Forum
International full degree student(s)
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
Intercultural & Diversity Studies Unit
Institutional Planning Department
Intellectual Property Research Unit
Integrated Research Management Application
International Term Fee
Information Technology Thrust Working Group
Joint Investment Committee
Joint Medical Staff
Joint Standing Advisory Committee (UCT/PGWC)
Lucy Lloyd Archive Resource & Exhibition Centre
Library Working Group
MA-RE
MRC
MSC
NAPP
NEHAWU
NHLS
NOBC
NRF
OEHRU
Ops MAG
OVC
P&S
PAC
PACE
PASS
PASS SDC LG
PASS SDC
PC
PC
PCRU
PCU
PDP
PFIAO
PGFO
PGWC
PIWG
PMAG
PPLSC
PPLWG
PPS
PPS
PRAESA
PSFC
QAWG
RASC
Remcom
RFJ
RICSA
RICSA
RMC
RO
RRC
SAC
SADC
SAFL
SALDRU
SAP
SAPC
SASP
SATVI
SC
SDC
SEBS
SEC
SETA
SHAWCO
SHED
SLC
SLG
SO
SSA
supaTsela
Marine Research Institute
Medical Research Council
Management Services Committee
New Academic Practitioners Programme
National Education Health and Allied Workers Union
National Health Laboratory Service
Naming of Buildings Committee
National Research Foundation
UCT Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit
Operations Management Advisory Group
Office of the Vice Chancellor
Properties and Services
Publications Award Committee
Public & Continuing Education
Professional, administrative, support and service staff
Professional, administrative, support and service staff Development Committee Liaison Group
Professional, administrative, support and service staff Development Committee
Payclass
Principal’s Circular
Precipitation and Crystalisation Research Unit
Plant Conservation Unit
Personal Development Plan
Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology (Fitzstitute)
Postgraduate Funding Office
Provincial Government of the Western Cape
Planning Integration Working Group
Planning Management Advisory Group
Physical Planning and Landscape Sub-committee
Physical Planning and Landscape Working Group
Procurement & Payment Services
Personal Performance System
Project for Study of Alternative Education in SA
Postgraduate Studies Funding Committee
Quality Assurance Working Group
Research Associateships Selection Committee
Remuneration committee
Rate for Job
Research Institute for Christanity in Southern Africa
Research Institute on Christianity and Society in Africa
Risk Management Committee
Research Officer
Readmission Review Committee
Space Allocation Committee
Southern Africa Development Community
Sasol Advanced Fuels Laboratory
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
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."
Senate Academic Planning Committee
Standard Academic Salary Package
South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
Sports Council
Staff Development Committee
Staff Education Bursary Scheme
Senate Executive Committee
Sector Education and Training Authority
Students Health and Welfare Centres Organisation
Safety Health and Environment Department
Staff Learning Centre
Senior Leadership Group
Scientific Officer
Semester Study Abroad
“light of the road ahead” – ICT renewal project
TEPF
TMAG
TO
UAC
UB & DC
UCTRF
UDC
UFC
UHRC
UICTC
UIF
URC
USC
USDSC
USFC
USHEPIA
UTAC
VC
VCMAG
VSFC
WG
WHRU
WOAC
Temporary Employees Pension Fund (think this is historical)
Transformation Management Advisory Group
Technical Officer
University Audit Committee
University Building & Development Committee
University of Cape Town Retirement Fund
University Development Committee
University Finance Committee
University Human Resource Committee
University Information and Communication Technology Committee
Unemployment Insurance Fund
University Research Committee
University Strategy Committee
University Student Development and Services Committee
Undergraduate Studies Funding Committee
Universities Science, Humanities and Engineering Partnerships in Africa
University Transformation Advisory Committee
Vice-Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor’s Management Advisory Group
Visiting Scholars’ Fund Committee
Working Group
Women’s Health Research Unit
Works of Art Committee