Optometry student, Nashwa Choudhury, won the 2019 Specsavers Spectacle Wearer of the Year Editor’s Choice Award. Now working part-time as an optical assistant at the multiple where she is responsible for frame styling, preparing dispenses and pre-testing customers, she shares insight her passion for frames OT 

Newly-qualified optometrist, Amisha Pabari, on being influenced by her father’s insight

Chris Skidmore was given an eye test at the university’s new optometry facility

Pre-reg optometrist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Tamara Hasan, shares insight into what a typical week in clinic looks like as she approaches the halfway mark of her training year

A Manchester-based student is no longer able to train as a dispensing optician after the General Optical Council erased her from its register

Optometrist at Boots Opticians, Vikki Lordan, shares advice on becoming a pre-reg supervisor

Domiciliary eye care is too often overlooked, but can offer an invaluable experience

The regulator has confirmed that it did not receive any objections

Optical bodies register concerns about proposals that reflect backlash within the profession to the proposed move

Pre-reg optometrist at Specsavers Cribbs Causeway, Daniel Chung, on his pre-reg experiences three months into his placement