| AUT | Association of University Teachers |
| BUA | Bangor University Archives |
| DNB | Dictionary of National Biography |
| FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council for Wales |
| MHT | Mountain Heritage Trust |
| NEWI | North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (renamed Glyndŵr University in 2009) |
| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise |
| UCCA | Universities Central Council on Admissions |
| UCNW | University College of North Wales |
| UCNW | J. Gwynn Williams, The University College of North Wales: Foundations, 1884–1927 (Cardiff, 1985) |
| UCW | E. L. Ellis, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1872–1972 (Cardiff, 1972) |
| UGC | University Grants Committee |
| UMCB | Undeb Myfyrwyr Colegau Bangor (Union of Students of Bangor Colleges) |
| WDA | Welsh Development Agency |
