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:
- Education Quality Assurance Committee
- Equivalence Group
- Examination and Assessment Committee
- Professional Development Committee
- Specialty Education Advisory Committee (SEAC)
- RCOG eLearning Editorial Board
- Trainees’ Committee
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 |