By Isla Innes-Love Student Midwife Forum member and student midwife on 19 June 2023
To celebrate RCM Student Midwife Celebration Day the University of the West of Scotland midwifery society organised a summer party with an accompanying awards ceremony. RCM Student Midwife Forum (SMF) member Isla Innes-Love shares how she ...
By Jenny Cunningham and Judith Field, RCM Research Advisors on 16 January 2023
Research is a fundamental part of the midwife’s role, and we want to support members embarking on their research journey. To help midwives in exploring the research pathway, the RCM has created a new award aimed at members who are interested ...
By Jaki Lambert, Director Scotland
It’s nearly four weeks since I took up the post of the Director of the RCM in Scotland and I wanted to take the time to share some reflections from my first month. In many ways I feel that I have come full circle, long before becoming a midwife I was the ...
By Fiona Gibb, Head of Education, Royal College of Midwives
The midwifery staffing crisis has become more apparent than ever. As part of the solution, there are calls to increase student midwife numbers in England with increased student numbers already evident in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ...
By Lucy Richards, University of South Wales on 21 January 2022
Hello, my name is Lucy, and I am a second-year midwifery student at the University of South Wales. Its mad to believe that I am pretty much already halfway through my studies and next year I will be qualifying. My first year was not the usual university ...
By Charlotte Wilson, Policy Advisor and Carmel Lloyd, Head of Education and Learning on 15 January 2021
As midwifery students, you are one of our most vital resources, the future of our profession. The past year has been extremely challenging, with studies disrupted and graduation delayed for the Class of 2020. As your trade union and professional ...
By Lia Brigante & Mary Ross-Davie on 30 September 2020
Today’s midwifery students are tomorrow’s midwives. They will be staffing our services in the future, their experience of MCoC will shape their education, midwifery skills and philosophy, influencing the kind of midwives they aspire to ...
By Fiona Howard, student midwife on 08 September 2020
I first considered a career in midwifery at the age of 17 – but life took a different path and at 25, I was married with two daughters and living in the South West of Cornwall. After the birth of my children, my thirst for midwifery grew. Despite this ...
By Amy Yorath, Cardiff University and Rachael Dewey, Edinburgh Napier University, Student Midwife Forum
In the current crisis, many final year students have suspended their studies and entered the midwifery workforce. Here, two members of the RCM Student Midwife Forum (SMF), Amy Yorath of Cardiff University and Rachael Dewey of Edinburgh Napier ...
By Bernie Divall, Professional Advisor on Leadership
When Bernie Divall swapped life on the stage for life in the theatre of midwifery, she experienced imposter syndrome, self-doubt and trying to balance work and family life. In her monthly leadership blog, she looks back on some moments that ...