Halifax boxer and ortho-k contact lens wearer, Khalid Ayub, 19, on pre-match nerves and boxing as an artform

The programme will support the development of newly-qualified optometrist members by connecting them with professionally experienced AOP members

Optometrist and head of contact lenses at Specsavers, Russell Peake, on delivering telegrams by bike in Warwick and Leamington

Jim Gilbert, recruitment manager at OutsideClinic, shares insight into the company’s recruitment process and how to succeed in the UK’s biggest domiciliary eye care provider

Pre-reg optometrist, Thaksha Sritaran, discusses the benefits of always having a mini notebook by her side

Locum optometrist, Rebecca Rushton, shares her experiences as a locum in a new city when the pandemic hit

OT ’s clinical multimedia editor and IP optometrist, Ceri Smith-Jaynes, discusses her journey into optometry and why she decided to gain her IP qualification

Event director, Nathan Garnett, and OT ’s clinical editor and head of education for the AOP, Dr Ian Beasley, share insight into what is on the cards for the January show

Optometrist and lifestyle blogger, Lizzy Yeowart, on a colour with big impact potential

The time to update the GOC’s requirements for independent prescribers is now, explains the regulator’s director of education, Leonie Milliner