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At the October 2004 General Meeting the Association approved the establishment of an Education and Research Board, to match the Clinical Affairs Board, and chaired by the President. From 2007 each of the two boards is chaired by one of the two vice presidents and the ERB has been renamed Academic Affairs Board.

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Meetings & Reporting

The President will convene at least two meetings a year of the Education & Research Board, each meeting to be held at least one month before a meeting of the Executive Committee.

The President will provide a written report to the Executive Committee and will lead discussion at the Executive Committee on this report.

The Education & Research Board will concern itself with all aspects of local and national policy and activity relevant to training, education and research in renal medicine and renal science.

By integrating and co-ordinating the work of the four committees represented on the Board, the goal will be to strengthen the contribution of the Renal Association to these areas of activity.

The Education & Research Board will be actively involved in supporting training education and research involving all constituencies represented within the Association’s membership including consultants, both academic and NHS; clinical trainees; non-consultant career grade clinicians; and renal scientists who are not clinicians.

The Education & Research Board will in particular:

1. Review and approve the proposals for annual work programmes presented to the Board by the Chair of each Committee.
2. Identify opportunities for complementary work to be undertaken in parallel by the four Committees.
3. Identify and manage potential overlap and duplication among the work of its constituent committees
4. Identify and prioritise training, education and research opportunities, working as appropriate with the Clinical Affairs Board and its committees
5. Identify opportunities for close working with other bodies active in these areas of work – for example the National Kidney Research Fund; the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh & Glasgow; British Renal Society; British Association for Paediatric Nephrology; British Transplantation Society.