Selina Powell

Features Editor

Selina Powell is the features editor of Optometry Today (OT), where she writes in-depth features for the print journal and is responsible for the development of supplements in collaboration with commercial partners. Selina also covers eye health research for OT, keeping practitioners up to date with the latest developments through the Science & vision section of the website and the clinical round-up in print. She talks to optometrists about their pursuits outside of the testing room for OT’s regular Secret life article, while her My vision feature showcases the experiences of people with conditions that affect their sight.

Selina worked as a journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in New Zealand before moving to the UK in 2016.

More articles by Selina Powell

AOP Council: “The sector is going to be transformed”

Councillors discussed how optometry’s overarching legal framework could be reimagined at the latest AOP Council meeting
- 6 min read
- AOP
AOP Council Government Sight test
The “lifestyle epidemic” of dry eye disease

The personal impact of living with dry eye disease was explored at an event organised by Théa Pharmaceuticals
- AOP
AOP Council Government Dry eye
AOP Council considers the future of regulation

Councillors discussed children’s eye care and shifting regulatory requirements at the AOP Council meeting in November
- AOP
AOP Council
Looking towards a post-COVID future for eye care

The Education Strategic Review and the impact of the pandemic on pre-reg placements were among agenda items at the latest AOP Council meeting
- AOP
AOP Council Coronavirus GOC NHS
The changemakers

OT talks with three optometrists who have stepped up to the challenge of changing the systems that underpin their practice through political roles
- 6 min read
- Practitioner stories
NHS Government AOP Council Feature
AOP Council considers transformation of optometric education

The GOC’s Dr Subo Shanmuganathan received feedback from councillors on the optical regulator’s plans for an overhaul of education and training
- AOP
AOP Council GOC
What next? AOP Council considers the future of the profession

Blue-sky thinking was on the agenda at the last AOP Council meeting
- AOP
AOP Council
A snapshot of the profession

A workforce survey commissioned by the AOP reveals what drives optometrists when they are choosing an employer
- AOP
AOP Council Education Universities Business Feature
The NHS looks ahead

AOP Councillor for the North West, Dharmesh Patel, discusses the AOP’s response to NHS England’s 10-year plan
- Health services
AOP Council NHS Government
Council elections

The AOP Council elections are due to take place between 3 April and 23 April
- AOP
AOP Council

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