Senior Fellows Club Lecture Programme

The Senior Fellows’ annual programme runs from October to May. Talks are generally not on current medical topics. Recent talks have included 'The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland', 'The Early Development of Aviation' and 'Covert Assassination'. All SFC lectures are live-streamed for SFC members who wish to watch online. We also have a selection of recordings available to watch online from past talks.

Talks are held on Mondays and start at 12:00 and are followed by drinks and lunch. Those staying for lunch pay for it in advance. The session closes at about 14:15

Each year we hold a joint meeting with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Senior Fellows Club, alternating between the College sites.

For further information about the SFC lectures and lunches, please contact sfc@rcpe.ac.uk

 

Date

Speaker/Event

Title of talk

 

Monday

6th October 2025

 

Professor Jim Drife

Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leeds

Reducing Maternal Mortality – Forgotten Heroes and Heroines

 

Monday

3rd November 2025

 

Dr Frank Dunn

Honorary Professor University of Glasgow and Retired Consultant Cardiologist 

The Health Challenges of Two Golfing Legends

 

Monday

1st December 2025

 

Major Gordon Corrigan

Author and Historian

Putin’s War in Ukraine

 

Monday

12th January 2026

 

Mr Iain Milne

Retired RCPE Librarian

The Analogue Librarian

 

Monday

12th February 2026

 

Mr James Ogilvie

Chartered Forester

From Edinburgh to Edinburgh - a two month tall ship voyage to Antarctica, 

St Georgia and Tristan de Cunha

 

Tuesday

3rd March 2026

 

SFC Guest Lunch 2026

TBC

 

 

Monday

23rd March 2026

 

Dr James Grant

Retired General Practitioner and Arts Society Lecturer

The Art of Quackery

 

Monday

27th April 2026

 

Professor Maggie Bassendine

Professor Emeritus of Hepatology, University of Newcastle

The Bassandyne Bible

 

Monday

25th May 2026

 

RCSE Joint Lunch

Professor Simon Harley

Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh

The Earth’s Crust

 

Monday

TBC

 

 

SUMMER OUTING

 

TBC

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