Glossary
Deakin University
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DBS | Deakin Business School |
| dcal | Deakin calendar - Deakin's standard calendar or scheduling program |
| DD | Divisional Director |
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act |
| DDW | Deakin Data Warehouse |
| Deakin Card | Identification card for Deakin University staff and students which must be shown when requested by a security officer on campus, in examinations, when borrowing books or equipment and accessing facilities. If loaded with funds, Deakin Card can be used as a stored-value card to pay for a variety of services around campus including printing, photocopying, and goods from food outlets, bookshops and vending machines |
| Deakin Central | A one stop shop located on the Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds, Melbourne Campus at Burwood and Warrnambool Campus that can assist with all student administration enquiries, including: graduations; course information; results; exam periods; admissions; enrolments and fees. Deakin Central also provides the following services: production, replacement and value-loading of Deakin Cards; official academic transcripts and archive transcripts; payment of fees; information regarding IT services; purchase of parking tickets; authorisation of travel concession forms. |
| Dean | A Dean is an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college who are responsible for the active leadership and integration of the activities of the Faculty’s schools and centres, and for encouraging and promoting a sense of unity, cooperation and common purpose amongst the Faculty’s staff. Deans are directly involved in the strategic planning activities of the University and are responsible for determining the allocation of resources within the faculty, in consultation with the Heads of each School, Assistant Deans and other senior members of the Faculty. |
| DEEWR | Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| deferral | The approved postponement of study for a specified period prior to the first enrolment in a course |
| degree with distinction | Undergraduate students commencing post 1 Jan 2002 may be eligible for a degree with distinction if they achieve or exceed an average grade of 70 per cent across their degree and complete a minimum of eight credit points or one third of the credit points required for award of the degree, whichever is greater at Deakin; and are not part of an honours program |
| DE&T | Department of Employment and Training (Victoria) |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (external link) |
| DFMS | Deakin Financial Management System |
| DG | Deakin Gateway - the introductory page of the Deakin website |
| DI | Deakin International |
| DIAC | Department of Immigration and Citizenship (external link) |
| DLT | Deakin Learning Toolkit; an online resource for students to introduce them to the online learning environment at Deakin |
| .doc | The file extension of a document created and saved using Microsoft Word |
| DOL | Deakin Online |
| DOMS | Digital Object Management System; Deakin University's digital repository - a managed collection of digital materials |
| DOS | Director of Studies |
| DP | DeakinPrime |
| DRC | Disability Resource Centre |
| DRS | disability resources survey |
| DSA | Division of Student Administration |
| DSL | Division of Student Life |
| DSO | Deakin Studies Online; Deakin University's online teaching and learning environment - provides web-based course material and assessment tasks to enhance both on and off-campus learning |
| DU | Deakin University |
| DUELI | Deakin University English Language Institute - DUELI offers a wide range of English language courses, from beginner to advanced level, in preparation for study at Deakin |
| DUIRS | Deakin University International Research Scholarships |
| DUISP | Deakin University International Scholarship Program |
| DUITE | Deakin University IT Experts |
| DUPS | Deakin University Printer Scheme |
| DUSA4U | Deakin University Student Association |
| DUWS | Deakin University Workstation Scheme |
| DVC (A) | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) |
| DVC (R) | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) |
| DVD | DVD is short for digital versatile disc or digital video disc, a type of optical disk technology similar to the CD-ROM. DVDs are commonly used as a medium for digital representation of movies and other multimedia presentations that combine sound with graphics. |
| DWM | designated web manager |
