Career development

100% Optical

A speaker on the Main Stage at 100% Optical mid-presentation

Further CPD sessions revealed for 100% Optical 2026

Topics in the programme range from glaucoma and OCT, to the wellbeing of optical professionals

Career development

11 Nov

100% Optical

A standing in front of a bright orange background with the '100% Ophthalmology' branding in white font. He is standing at a lectern with a microphone headset, dressed in suit with a red tie.

Registration opens for 100% Ophthalmology

Career development

29 Oct

A panel presentation of the Optical Women’s Association on a stage at the Silmo event

Optical Women's Association event celebrates women’s contributions to optical innovation

Career development

23 Oct

An over-shoulder photograph of a woman at a table working on a laptop

OCT Day recordings available on OT Education library

Career development

15 Oct

Contact lens complications in focus

Career development

14 Oct

Fiona Anderson

Fiona Anderson appointed Master of the WCSM

Career development

07 Oct

I could not live without…

My IP qualification

Career development

03 Oct 6 min read 1 6 mins

Dharmesh has his hands crossed and stands in front of a wall wearing a grey suit

How I got here

“I wanted to create impact on a bigger scale”

Career development

03 Oct 10 min read 11 mins

An optometrist talking to the patient in the testing room

Early career digest

Comfort conversations

Career development

22 Sep 6 min read

An illustration of a yellow briefcase on a pale pink background. The briefcase is drawn in one single line that starts off-screen on the left, and continues off-screen on the right

Early career digest

Beyond the consulting room

Career development

20 Sep 8 min read

Dr Lindsay Rountree

The Dr Lindsay Rountree episode

Career development

18 Sep

An awards presentation at the Specsavers Professional Advancement Conference

Six insights from PAC 2025

Career development

16 Sep 7 min read

Carina Hummel

25 years at Specsavers: from trainee dispensing optician to managing director of optics

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

Human heads on a light purple background alongside lots of multi coloured spheres, symbolising communication concepts

I could not live without…

My optometry community

Career development

29 Aug 6 min read

Kishan Devraj

Webinar to explore effect of AI in eye care

Career development

28 Aug

Delegates gather for a University Valli Annual Conference presentation

CPD event to be held at University of Huddersfield

Career development

22 Aug

Rebecca has blonde hair and a black top and stands inside a practice

20 years at Leightons: “You learn a lot when things don’t go according to plan”

Career development

13 Aug 10 min read 1

Cartoon women help each other build a giant colourful jigsaw with use of a ladder

A conversation about...

The challenges and opportunities of leadership

Career development

01 Aug 11 min read

Sarah Sharpe

A to optometry

“From the moment I stepped into the role and met the optometrist, I thought: ‘I’m going to do that job one day’”

Career development

25 Jul 5 min read

Jennifer stood outside on the left and Verinder on the right in a testing room

Winners of SCOPE’s Independent Prescriber Bursary Award announced

Career development

21 Jul

Benji stands with his arms raised in front of a Mayan temple

Building skills and finding meaning during a sabbatical from optometry

Career development

09 Jul 9 min read 1 11 mins

Illustration of a brain on a purple background with symbolic ideas shooting off

OT asks...

What is the next step you plan to take to upskill your career?

Career development

19 Jun 1

On a background split in half between yellow and navy is an illustration of a clock.

Early career digest

My 5–9 after the 9–5

Career development

16 Jun 9 min read

A medical professional fills out paperwork at her desk

Early career digest

“It is really important that the patient understands the urgency of their referral”

Career development

15 Jun 5 min read

Woman having a sight test talking to a male optometrist

Early career digest

The lifestyle conversation 101

Career development

14 Jun 5 min read 5 mins

A conference audience watches a presentation

British Society for Refractive Surgery conference: from robot-assisted surgery to AI for lens sizing

Career development

07 Jun

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Sam Baird, Paula Beattie, Robbie Butler, Andy Allen

Northern Ireland to reinstate automatic access to free sight tests for most Universal Credit recipients

Government and regulation

22 Sep

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

Red eye, front view

Consultation into extending medicine responsibilities for optometrists launched by DHSC

Government and regulation

04 Sep 1

Carina Hummel

25 years at Specsavers: from trainee dispensing optician to managing director of optics

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

An Optegra hospital

EssilorLuxottica completes Optegra acquisition

On the High Street

02 Oct

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Carina Hummel

25 years at Specsavers: from trainee dispensing optician to managing director of optics

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

An awards presentation at the Specsavers Professional Advancement Conference

Six insights from PAC 2025

Career development

16 Sep 7 min read

Kishan Devraj

Webinar to explore effect of AI in eye care

Career development

28 Aug

An illustration of a yellow briefcase on a pale pink background. The briefcase is drawn in one single line that starts off-screen on the left, and continues off-screen on the right

Early career digest

Beyond the consulting room

Career development

20 Sep 8 min read

Dharmesh has his hands crossed and stands in front of a wall wearing a grey suit

How I got here

“I wanted to create impact on a bigger scale”

Career development

03 Oct 10 min read 11 mins

Chosen for you

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

A toddler smiles while playing with coloured blocks that slide along a wire

An improved vision test for toddlers

Research

05 Nov

100% Optical

Two people look through a table of frames at an exhibition stand

Exhibitor list released for 100% Optical 2026

Products

03 Nov

MP Shockat Adam sits down whilst having a eye examination at a Vision Care clinic

Optometrist turned MP visits Vision Care clinic on World Homeless Day

Patients

06 Nov