Common abbreviations
Unions, like many other organisations frequently resort to abbreviations and acronyms to describe other organisations and activities. The list below is to help you find your way around these. If anything is unclear please ask.
AAU New Zealand Academic Audit Unit
ACC Accident Compensation Corporation
ACE Adult and Community Education
AEU Australian Education Union
AMC Agreement Monitoring Committee
ASM Academic Staff Member
ASTE Association of Staff in Tertiary Education Te Hau Takitini o Aotearoa
AUS Association of University Staff
CA Collective Agreement
CEA Collective Employment Agreement
CEO Chief Executive Officer
COPE Council of Pacific Education
DL Discretionary Leave
EBS Education Benevolent Society
EEO Equal Education Opportunities
EEO Equal Employment Opportunities
EFTS Equivalent Full Time Student
EI Education International
ERA Employment Relations Act
EREL Employment Relations Education Leave
GSF Government Superannuation Fund
GSSG General Staff Sector Group
HDA Higher Duties Allowances
HR Human Resources
IA Individual Agreement
ITUC International Trade Unions Confederation
ILO International Labour Organisation
IR Industrial Relations
IT Information Technology
ITO Industry Training Organisation
ITP Institute of Technology/Polytechnic
ITPSG Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Sector Group
ITPNZ Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics of NZ
LWOP Leave Without Pay
MECA Multi-Employer Collective Agreement
MOE Ministry of Education
MUCA Multi-Union Collective Agreement
MUMECA Multi-Union Multi-Employer Collective Agreement
NTEU National Tertiary Education Union (Australia)
NWC National Women’s Committee
NZARE New Zealand Association for Research in Education
NZCER New Zealand Council for Educational Research
NZCTU New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
NZEI New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa
NZQA New Zealand Qualifications Authority
NZQF New Zealand Qualifications Framework
NZUSA New Zealand Union of Students’ Association
NZVCC New Zealand Vice Chancellors’ Committee (now called Universities New Zealand)
PBRF Performance Based Research Fund
PD Professional Development
PG Personal Grievance
PPTA Post Primary Teachers’ Association
PSA Public Service Association
PSIS Public Service Investment Society
PTE Private Training Establishment
QPEC Quality Public Education Coalition
REAP Rural Education Activities Programme
RPL Recognition of Prior Learning
SRA Special Responsibilities Allowance
SSC State Services’ Commission
TAFE Tertiary and Further Education (Australia)
TEU Tertiary Education Union
TEC Tertiary Education Commission
TIASA Tertiary Institutes’ Allied Staff Association
TPK Te Puni Kōkiri Ministry of Māori Affairs
TRCC Teachers’ Refresher Course Committee
TTH Timetabled Teaching Hour
USG University Sector Group
VC Vice Chancellor
