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Education Board

Meeting dates

  • Friday 23 January 2026
  • Friday 22 May 2026
  • Friday 11 September 2026
  • Thursday 12 November 2026

 

Remit

Reporting committees

The following committees report to Education Board:

Reporting mechanism

The Board reports to Council generally, and also reports to the Finance and General Purposes Committee on matters with financial and resource implications.

Objectives

  • To develop, maintain and monitor the College’s strategy for education ensuring that it is aligned to the College’s overall strategy
  • To be responsible for the College’s standards in O&G postgraduate education and training, such as curricula, assessment and quality assurance measures
  • To oversee the continuing development of valid, fair and appropriate College examination processes
  • To facilitate the initiation and development of eLearning packages and related education initiatives as generic resources to support structured training and CPD
  • To co-ordinate and facilitate the development of specialist education, training and assessment in the widest sense, in accordance with the College curricula
  • To work with the Global Health Board to promote education and lifelong learning in UK and overseas
  • To oversee the scrutiny of all education related products and activities so as to provide assurance as to the high quality of the RCOG brand
  • To monitor, take cognisance of and respond to the General Medical Council and other education or health regulatory bodies.

Function

The Board has executive and decision-making authority and will ratify the decisions of reporting Committees and Groups. The Board Minutes are presented at Council with major items as “starred” for discussion and ratification.

Membership

Melanie Tipples Chair & Vice President, Education
Katherine Barton Chair National Trainees Committee
Sarah Court Staff/Specialty & Associate Specialist and locally employed Representative
Carly Edwards RCOG Executive Director of Education and Quality
Sujeewa Fernando Vice President for Workforce
Marina Flynn Chair, Specialty Education Advisory Committee
Ramesh Ganapathy Honorary Director of Conferences
Elizabeth Goldsmith RCOG Head of Specialty Education & Training
Adeeb Hassan Senior Equivalence Advisor
Archana Hatti Council Members representative
Adam Hill Lead Dean for O&G
Aisha Janjua Education Resource Advisor
Rehan Khan Chair, Professional Development Committee
Aradhana Khaund Chair, Examination and Assessment Committee
Leena Maddock Khan Differential Attainment Advisor
Jo Morrison TOG Editor-in-Chief
Kate Newland RCOG Director, Education
Stephen Parr RCOG Director, Examination & Assessment
Charlotte Porter Vice President, Specialty, College of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Hannah Pierce Vice Chair for Education, National Trainees Committee
Sanjay Rao Chair, Medical Training Initiatives Committee
Aparna Reddy Council Fellows' representative
Sarah Reynolds Chair, Education Quality Assurance Committee
Vacant Primary Care Advisor
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