the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) Clinical Academic Staff Advisory Group (2013–2015); the Higher Education North West London Board (2012–2015); and West Middlesex University Trust (2009–2015). She has been involved with academic medical policy Medical Schools Council and has chaired the council's Education Sub-Committee (2015–16). She was treasurer until 2016, when she took the position of Chair from 2016-2019. She currently is on the Boards of St Georges University Hospital Foundation Trust, the South London Health Innovation Network and the General Medical Council's Education and Training Advisory Board. More recently Professor Higham has taken on the roles of Member of the board of Universities UK (UUK) (August 2019), Member of the board of the Universities & Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) (June 2019 - June 2023) and Board member University of London Institute of Paris (2018-2022). Professor Higham has also taken up new roles in the audit and risk committee of UUK and chairs the remuneration committee of UCEA. She currently has a research interest in the use of advanced simulation in medical education. Her previous research publications have focused on reproductive medicine. Higham delivered the Academy of Medical Educators’ Annual Calman Lecture 2017 and then accepted an Honorary Fellowship. In July 2018 Jenny Higham was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The previous month she was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In May 2021 Jenny Higham was elected as Universities UK Funding Policy Lead. She will serve for three years from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2024. In July 2021 it was confirmed that Jenny Higham will sit on the London Higher Board of Trustees as a co-opted member. In July 2022 Jenny Higham was confirmed as a member of the Government's R&D People and Culture Ministerial Coordination Group. Professor Higham is also a Council member for the All-Party Parliamentary University Group, sitting until 2024. References Living people Vice-Chancellors by university in England People associated with St George's, University of London Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of University College London Academics of Imperial College London British gynaecologists English women medical doctors Women heads of universities and colleges Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians People from Warrington