Charity

The Thomas Pocklington Trust highlighted “a lack of inclusive practice” in FE colleges following research into accessibility for blind and partially-sighted students

The Thomas Pocklington Trust has found that Inspera portals are ‘inaccessible with software used by blind and partially sighted students’

£4692 raised via the Success Through Education Programme in October was matched by the company

Professor Rachel Pilling, a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist, has been appointed to the University of Bradford professorship

Larry Benjamin, retired ophthalmic consultant and an overseas volunteer with Orbis for 16 years, on scaling up the charity’s remote training capabilities in light of COVID-19

Maurice Geary, director of Orbis’ Flying Eye Hospital, on the acceleration of blended learning during COVID-19 and how the charity’s training adapted to international lockdown

The professional dancer will share her own story of poor eyesight in the hope that it will inspire others to support the charity’s work

More than 300 students are currently training to become optometrists at two universities in Vietnam

The charity currently provides two free training courses that are designed to educate practitioners about AMD

The charity has launched a series of online courses for healthcare professionals