Career development
Insight into the career options that are available within optics from those who have been there and done it
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Indy Ghuman, second-year student at Aston University, tells OT about adapting to virtual learning and the importance of balancing work and rest
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Second year optometry student at Aston University, Georgia Richardson, on finding inspiration from her colleagues, and receiving the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers bursary
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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
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The project aims to support people from underrepresented groups access university, and is particularly seeking mature applicants
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First year optometry student at the University of Huddersfield, Iqra Saeed, talks to OT about what drew her to optometry and the impact COVID-19 had on the course
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Government outlines “last resort” loan initiative following report showing 13 UK universities could be at risk of closure
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Daniel Chung, a pre-reg optometrist in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, catches us up on his past few months
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As UCAS figures show a rise in the number of students holding firm offers this year and fewer applicants opting to defer, optometry courses are preparing to host their new intakes
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Cardiff University student and AOP student representative, Millie Trotter, tells OT how her work experience inspired her to pursue a career in optometry, and how she hopes to promote the profession to others through her blog
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Optometry students will be marking the end of an exam season like no other this weekend, with a special celebration hosted by The University of Plymouth’s Optometry Society