Objectives
To promote and safeguard all aspects of academic obstetrics and gynaecology including research and research training, undergraduate and postgraduate training and the nature of academic jobs and training, particularly in relation to recruitment and retention.
To report to Council by submission to the Officers of the Minutes of each meeting of the Academic Board.
To maintain an overview of the RCOG's academic strategies, curricula, policies and procedures pertaining to the following:
- Research
- Undergraduate teaching and learning
- Postgraduate academic training
To maintain an overview of the work of the RCOG Research by receipt of the Minutes of all meetings of the RCOG Research Committee.
Remit
The Academic Board is responsible for overseeing all academic aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology, including research, training, and the nature of academic roles.
Reporting mechanism
The Academic Board reports to Council. Additionally, RCOG Research reports to the Academic Board.
Meeting dates
Meetings start at approximately 14:00 GMT:
- Friday, 19th July 2024
- Friday, 01st November 2024
- Friday, 28th March 2025
- Friday, 13th June 2025
- Friday, 31st October 2025
Membership
Please send all communications to the committee secretary:
Secretary: Sherelle Kenton-O'Meally
Email: academic@rcog.org.uk
Phone: 020 7772 6372
Chair: Asma Khalil
Committee Members:
- Kate Lancaster – RCOG Chief Executive Officer
- Victoria Hodgetts Morton – Higher Education Institute (HEI) Representative
- Swati Jha – RCOG Research Chair
- Hajra Khattak – UKARCOG Chair
- Katie Morris – National Study Group (NSG) Lead
- Ivaila Valcheva – BUSOG Vice-President
- Melissa Whitten MRCOG CLTHE – Undergraduate Education Lead
- Stamatina Iliodromiti- Postgraduate lead
- Jackie Maybin– President, Blair Bell Research Society
- Abha Maheshwari – Clinical Lead for Reproductive Health and Childbirth for NHS Research Scotland
- Hilary Critchley - Wellbeing of Women Research Advisory Committee
- Carly Edwards – Executive Director of Education, Quality and Projects
- Daniel Wolstenholme – Director, Clinical Quality
- Kristen Morgan – Executive Director of Membership, Global and Governance
- Fran Carroll – Head of Clinical Quality Projects
- Victoria Parker – Academic Trainees' Representative
- Mark Kilby- Co-Chair Genomics Standing Committee
- Muriel Holder- Co-Chair Genomics Standing Committee