Coronavirus
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GCSE and A-level students will receive grades submitted by their teachers this year in place of exams that are unable to take place due to the pandemic
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Optometry student, Georgia Richardson, shares with OT what inspired her to enter into optics and the people that encouraged and supported her along the way
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Founding member of the British and Irish Universities and Colleges Contact Lens Educators, Richard Pearson, and Claire McDonnell, communications officer for BUCCLE and lecturer at TU Dublin, discuss idea-sharing, changes in contact lens education and adjusting to COVID-19
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Howard Collins on working in academia, and the importance of maintaining a work/life balance during the pandemic
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The College of Optometrists has said that face-to-face work-based assessments and the January OSCE can go ahead
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The Government’s guidance for students traveling home at the end of term has been welcomed with a “sense of relief” by some optometry students, though questions over the practicalities remain
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A letter to first-year students
“First year students will have overcome challenges that we haven’t faced for generations”
Luke McRoy-Jones, pre-reg optometrist and recent graduate from the University of Plymouth, on making the most of the university experience
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OT speaks to AOP student representatives, Oliver Rose and Hina Patel, about the adapted university experience and the effect of local restrictions on student life
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A special event to celebrate the end of the academic year in 2020 was needed, but what to do and how during COVID-19? Student optometrist Caroline Mansfield explains all to OT
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Universities have been working “as quickly as possible” to review applications from prospective optometry students who saw their original results downgraded