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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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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Optometrist Hamza Mussa, aka @TheCrazyOptom, tells OT about campaigning against racism and discrimination via Instagram and his work as part of the Specsavers Professional Advancement Team
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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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Following the launch of the AOP’s Pre-reg register, OT clinical editor, Dr Ian Beasley, emphasises the benefits a pre-reg can bring to a practice
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This year’s pre-reg contributors, Samrina Awan, Tamara Hasan and Daniel Chung, on how COVID-19 upended their year and what they’ve learnt along the way
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Michelle Hiseman, Career Counsellor at CV Writers, looks at how best to prepare for and answer frequently asked questions.
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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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Locum optometrist, Rebecca Rushton, and learning and development consultant, Trevor Bibic, discuss how locums can up their negotiation game in a post-lockdown world
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Rochdale-based locum optometrist Atif Hussain was one of the first to sign up to work for the NHS’s Test and Trace team. He tells OT about his new role handling local outbreaks
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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