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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Applications are open for student optometrist members interested in helping to shape AOP services for students
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Moorfields and UCL are now providing seven higher qualification courses
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The CooperVision FORCE Student of the Year event brought together finalists from the 2020 and 2021 competitions
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Seven months on from the last report on the impact of the pandemic on student and pre-reg optometrists, OT considers how the situation has changed, and what challenges remain
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Aston University’s Raquel Gil-Cazorla on her beginnings in Madrid, being inspired by international optometry, and achieving childhood ambitions in the UK
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Huda Hathaf, an AOP student representative moving into third-year at Cardiff University, on the skills she has gained from volunteering
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With practical experience often hard to secure over the past year, OT has heard tips for crafting a stand-out application and maximising work experience placements
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Recent graduate from Glasgow Caledonian University, Ehsan Khan, on his journey from a work experience placement to studying optometry
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The spring OSCEs marked the largest in the history of the Scheme for Registration. OT spoke to some newly-qualified optometrists about their experiences
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Third year optometry student at City, University of London, Thaksha Sritharan, talks to OT about the impact of COVID-19, being an international student, and the family members who inspired her career journey