USS drops 40-year-old funding council trustee seat

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The body responsible for funding UK universities has abdicated its role on the Universities Superannuation Scheme trustee board after nearly 40 years.

The Higher Education Funding Council, which has branches in England, Scotland and Wales, will no longer have a seat on the USS trustee board after the £32bn scheme changed its articles of associati...

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