Career development

Second year optometry undergraduate at the University of Manchester and AOP student rep, Hajra Sattar, on preparing for the biggest and most exciting learning experience of her life

Third year optometry undergraduate at City, University of London, Brooke Hutchins, and optometrist and professional education and development manager for the UK and Ireland at Johnson & Johnson, Sheetal Patel, discuss carrying out research as part of STEP Educational Project

First year optometry student at the University of Hertfordshire and AOP student rep, Tom Bonfield, describes his journey from trainee dispensing optician to optometry undergraduate

Third-year optometry student at Glasgow Caledonian University and AOP student rep, Hanna Diab, tells OT  about the optometrist who inspired her to swap degrees

Second year undergraduate at the University of Plymouth and AOP Awards Student of the Year 2019, Luke McRoy-Jones, on the excitement of improving the quality of life of his patients

Third-year undergraduate at Aston University, Shoaib Ilyas, discusses putting his beliefs into action and overcoming the challenging concepts presented at university

Optometry undergraduate at the University of Plymouth, Chloe McGregor, shares her aspirations as she nears the end of her third year of studying

Third year optometry undergraduate, Fahim Zaman, on transforming theoretical knowledge into practical skills, preparing for pre-reg and why auto-refraction could benefit optometrists

Optometrist and STEP mentor at Johnson & Johnson Vision, Meerat Gohlar, tells OT  how the STEP Mentor Programme is supporting students

Alcon hosted its scholarship programme at its Camberley headquarters on 14–15 May. OT  attended to find out how the event benefits newly-qualified practitioners