Education Board

Meeting dates 2025

23 January 2025 (10:00 – 13:00hrs)
25 April 2025 (10:00 – 13:00hrs)
17 July 2025 (10:00 – 13:00hrs)
24 October 2025 (10:00 – 13:00hrs)

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 (PDF, 333 kb) 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

Chair

Ian Scudamore FRCOG – Vice President, Education

Members

Role	Member
Vice President for Education / Chair	Ian Scudamore
Primary Care Advisor	Bini Ajay
Vice President, Specialty Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare	Charlotte Porter
Co-Chairs, Specialty Education Advisory Committee	Melanie Tipples Alec McEwan
Advanced Training Review Project Lead	Bettina Cayetano
Locally Employed Doctors, Specialty and Associate Specialist (LED&SAS) Representative	Sarah Court
Chair, Examination and Assessment Committee	Paul Mills
Fellows Rep, Council	Phillip Rolland
Fellows Rep, Council	Colin Duncan
Director, Education	Stephen Parr
Postgraduate Lead	VACANT
Lead Dean for O&G	Adam Hill
Chair, Professional Development Committee	Rehan Khan
Chief Executive Officer, RCOG	Kate Lancaster
Chair, Education Quality Assurance Committee	Andrew Watson
Vice Chair (Education), National Trainees’ Committee	Hannah Pierce
Vice President, Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare	Charlotte Porter
Vice President, Membership and Workforce	Laura Hipple
Director, Education	Kate Newland
Senior Equivalence Adviser	Sarah Reynolds
Director, Examination and Assessment	Stephen Parr
Chair, National Trainees’ Committee	Katherine Barton
Council Members Representative	William Dudill
Honorary Director of Conferences	Dudley Robinson
Executive Director, Education and Quality	Carly Edwards
Chair MTI Committee	Sanjay Rao
Education Resource Adviser	Kirstin Silf
TOG Editor in Chief	Jo Morrison
Head of Specialty Education & Training	Elizabeth Goldsmith