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Giles Edmonds stands at a lectern on a large stage. Behind him is a welcome presentation for PAC 2026

Looking to the future at PAC 2026

The Specsavers Professional Advancement Conference on 13 September offered education and an opportunity to celebrate dispensing opticians

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Sold-out success for Huddersfield optical conference

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2 days ago

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College of Optometrists updates glaucoma higher qualifications

Career development

20 Aug

The Teach and Treat team at Cardiff University

Professor Barbara Ryan: “The journey of upskilling optometrists and community practices is not over”

Career development

18 Aug 7 min read

Cartoon woman looks inside a giant eye on a yellow background

A conversation about...

Closing the gap between the classroom and the clinic

Career development

07 Aug 10 min read

Sonia sits in a clinic with a piece of optical equipment

How I got here

Sonia Jethwa: “I don’t believe in having competition in optometry”

Career development

07 Aug 7 min read 2 8 mins

Close up view of a young male adult holding a contact lens on his finger. He is out of focus and the contact lens is in focus.

Early career digest

Taming torics

Career development

28 Jul 5 min read

An older man smiles while speaking with a younger clinician

Early career digest

Lessons between generations

Career development

26 Jul

A group of professional colleagues chat outside over lunch

Early career digest

Early career professionals on forming connections in their first job

Career development

25 Jul 5 min read

Anne stands in front of a world map, smiling for the camera. She has blonde-brown hair past her shoulders and wears a navy shirt

Scope Eyecare 2026 IP bursary winner named

Career development

21 Jul

An audience faces forward in a lecture theatre

OFNC provides statement on CPD grants

Career development

17 Jul

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Opinion

Richard Spencer: “Optics offered far more opportunities than I had ever imagined”

Career development

16 Jul 4 mins

Paralympian and blind footballer, Darren Harris

Dual Paralympian Darren Harris on the power of vulnerability in building connection

Career development

18 Jun

Hamza Mussa speaks at Optometry Tomorrow

Anterior segment imaging using a smartphone and adapter

Career development

16 Jun

Delegates at the Primary Eyecare Services Enhanced Eye care Conference

Primary Eyecare Services hosts inaugural West Midlands conference with focus on extended clinical services

Career development

16 Jun

The audience at the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

Three insights from the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

Career development

11 Jun 5 min read

Faayza is wearing a shirt and sits at a table with a bunch of flowers

How I got here

“I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t feel heard”

Career development

05 Jun 8 min read 8 mins

Female with blonde curly hair looking in a mirror with a contact lens on her finger preparing to put the contact lens in

Early career digest

Keeping them comfortable

Career development

27 Apr

A male clinician wearing scrubs and glasses laughs

Early career digest

Developing good habits as an early career optometrist

Career development

27 Apr 7 min read

A patient receives an eye test

Early career digest

Binocular vision tips for newly qualified optometrists

Career development

26 Apr 6 min read

Illustration of man standing in court wearing a suit and the backs of three people

Opinion

Neil Hilton: “These are often genuine mistakes, the kind that could happen to any of us”

Career development

25 Apr 4 mins

A woman seated at a desk holding a pen and flicking through pages of a book

Scope Eyecare opens IP bursary 2026

Career development

21 Apr

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A panel of five women prepare for a discussion at a conference. On the left, Lindsay Rountree has dyed red hair pulled to one side and wear all-black, beside her is Charlotte Bell, in a black trouser suit with pink cat’s eyes glasses with pink lenses, next is Denise Voon in a navy suit and yellow top with cat’s eye glasses. Megan wears a patterned black dress, and on the right is Jigna wearing a black floral dress

Careers in the test room and beyond

Career development

13 Apr

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A conversation about...

Mutual learning through IP mentorship

Career development

31 Mar 8 min read

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How I got here

Pivoting to industry as a community optometrist

Career development

30 Mar 6 min read 6 mins

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Tadalafil use associated with higher risk of glaucoma

Research

18 Aug

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

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Moorfields Eye Hospital surgeon gives tips on staying safe during the solar eclipse

Patients

10 Aug 1

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An optometrist saved my life

“We will always be grateful that Charlotte recognised the signs when she did”

Patients

26 Jun 5 min read 1

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An optometrist saved my life

“I knew straightaway that this was something that needed to be seen urgently”

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Sonia sits in a clinic with a piece of optical equipment

How I got here

Sonia Jethwa: “I don’t believe in having competition in optometry”

Career development

07 Aug 7 min read 2 8 mins

An audience faces forward in a lecture theatre

OFNC provides statement on CPD grants

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17 Jul

Cartoon woman looks inside a giant eye on a yellow background

A conversation about...

Closing the gap between the classroom and the clinic

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Essilor introduces new anti-reflective coating

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03 Sep

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Malvi Patel: “No two days are the same, and no two children are the same”

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