Since 2011, the Trainees Section has become one of the largest and most vibrant bodies within the Society, further developing and delivering training, education, leadership, representation and networking for registrars across the UK. Trainees upgrading membership, or joining the BSG for the first time, receive a wide range of benefits including opportunities for networking, professional and personal development, awards, bursaries, grants and fellowships.
Membership of the BSG gives trainees a rich diversity of opportunities and benefits including:
The Trainees Section organise a number of well-recognised events, including the Management and Leadership Weekend, the Education Weekend and the Taster Weekend, as well as playing an important role in the programme of the BSG Annual Meeting. Trainees have representation on every BSG committee and have led on a number of important initiatives, including writing national BSG guidelines.
Trainees Survey 2026
All gastroenterology trainees are asked to complete the 2026 BSG Trainee Survey, The survey takes around 5 minutes and covers the issues that directly affect your training, including GIM, endoscopy training, study leave and study budgets.
The last survey achieved a record response rate, giving us a powerful national dataset that has been used in ongoing discussions to drive improvements in gastroenterology training. The higher the response rate, the harder the findings are to ignore. Please make sure your voice is included.
Trainees Resources
Trainee Research Networks
Trainee research networks are a collaborative effort to conduct high-quality multicentre audits or research that is led, designed and delivered by trainees. Our specialty has been able to produce some truly impactful research, and we look forward to future work and collaborations.
BSG Mentoring
The BSG Mentoring programme aims to help our members with their career growth and development by strategically matching those who are looking for additional knowledge or advice with suitable mentors. We have two mentoring programmes available: the main programme "BSG Mentoring Programme” is open to all full members of the BSG, consultants, trainees, nurses and allied health professionals. The new subsidiary programme "IMT3 to GI Registrar” is open to IMT's who hold a Taster membership of the BSG and to Trainees who wish to mentor the IMT's. It is designed to support IMT's through the application and interview process to become a GI Registrar and obtain a Gastroenterology training number.
BSG Endorsed Fellowships
Browse a selection of fellowships in the UK, endorsed by the BSG for their quality. The BSG is aiming to develop a comprehensive database of these opportunities for our members. If you have a fellowship to submit for endorsement by the BSG, please make an application at the bottom of the page.
Travelling Fellowships
Expand your horizons with the BSG’s new Travelling Fellowship Programme. Connect, learn and be inspired by peers across national and international gastroenterology and hepatology centres, whatever your professional role, fostering new perspectives that enrich both patient care and your own professional development. Open to all BSG members, regardless of clinical background or experience, fellows are expected to focus their visit on a specific aspect of practice, with clear learning or knowledge-sharing goals.
Read feedback reports by Wenhao Li and Amy Johnson who were previously awarded travelling fellowships.
BSG Awards
Our aim is to recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals who have made significant research contributions. The BSG Awards open every year in autumn for which you can apply, please see our trainee awards below.
Guts UK/BSG Trainee Awards
This funding call is now open and will close to applications on Monday 29 June 2026.
Guts UK/BSG Trainee Research Awards are for UK-based gastroenterology and allied Specialty Trainees (who hold a National Training Number) who would like to conduct research or audit/quality improvement (QI) in any area of gastroenterology (including pancreatology and hepatology) or nutrition in relation to gastroenterology.
Applications are accepted for individual and for network projects. Grants are available up to £5,000 each (£10,000 for networks), with no minimum value, with a total budget for all the awards of £50,000. Find out more and apply here.
The new Shape of Training changes means that gastroenterology speciality training has reduced from 5 years to 4 years. One major impact of this is on endoscopy training – previously trainees were reaching competency usually quite close to the end of training, so there has been a need to change the structure of endoscopy training to allow for the shorter time spans. Endoscopy Academies are being developed across each region in the UK, and we discuss those, as well as other changes that might affect endoscopy training, and tips for getting ahead of the curve with endoscopy training in this interview.
Watch it hereBSG Trainees Podcast
The BSG Trainees Podcast launches with a series of interviews with key figures in gastroenterology, exploring how they developed their passion for gastroenterology and their work. Think of The Life Scientific but “The Life Enteric”!
Listen to the latest from the BSG Trainees. Topics covered include: Getting a training number - portfolio and application and the interview and OOP opportunities in Nutrition Hepatology.
The BSG Trainees Podcast is back! Your new hosts, Sonika Sethi and Rohith Kumar, will be bringing you new episodes over the coming months, so subscribe on SoundCloud if you don’t want to miss out.
The Original BSG Trainees Podcast, so subscribe on SoundCloud if you don’t want to miss out.
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