Universities Funding Committee in British English
(ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪz ˈfʌndɪŋ kəˈmɪtɪ)
noun history, British formerly, the central higher education funding council in the UK, which was replaced after 1992 by three separate councils: the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Scottish Funding Council and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales