Glossary

AURIL

Association of University Research and Industry Links (a network) - visit website

BCE

Business and Community Engagement

BCE CT

Business and Community Engagement Collaborative Tools - the shorthand name used for the main Project - The Trialling of Collaborative Online Tools for Business and Community Engagement

BMC

Birmingham Metropolitan College - one of the trial partners

CoP

Community of Practice

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

FEC

Further Education College

G-Blog

The name given to the collaborative online working space developed by the University of Glamorgan trial project

Global Studio

The website for international collaborative work in the learning and teaching of Design

HEI

Higher Education Institution

IKT

Institute for Knowledge Transfer (a professional body) - visit website

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

KHIS

The CRM system developed by Knowledge House and used by the 5 Universities in the north east of England

KT

Knowledge Transfer

KT2.0

A term coined by Brian McCaul, University of Leeds, to describe the harnessing of Web 2.0 technologies within a Knowledge Transfer/External partnerships context. A video of Brian discussing this can be found in Project Resources

KTI

Knowledge Transfer Initiative

MHA

Midlands Health Academy - a partnership of Higher Education Institutions, Further Education Colleges and NHS organisations in the Birmingham and Black Country areas

NGO

Non-governmental Organisation

NHS

National Health Service (UK)

Open ICT Tools

The University of Northumbria's trial project name

OPEN-i

The collaborative area for photojournalist community of practice developed by the University of the Arts

OSS

Open Source Software. Visit website

POC

Proof of Concept

ROI

Return on Investment

SME

Small and Medium sized Enterprise

TP

Trial Project (one of the trials of this Project)

TPCT

Teaching Primary Care Trust - regional collaborative project involving Primary Care Trusts, universities and colleges. It provides a focus for initiatives to attract and retain essential healthcare staff across a region, particularly in under-resourced areas

UAL

University of the Arts, London - one of the trial partners

VoIP

Voice Over Internet Protocol - is 'any of a family of methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.' Wikipedia

WYLLN

West Yorkshire Lifelong learning Network - a partner in the University of Huddersfield trial project