Students

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AOP releases dedicated student webinar series to watch on-demand

The webinars, first hosted live in June, are designed to support optometrists in training to build confidence and develop professional skills

AOP

03 Jul

A male and female student studying at a desk together, both look intently at their notebooks, one is making notes

Student registration renewal deadline approaches

Students and pre-regs

25 Jun

A young woman in a smart blazer is seated on the far side of a circle table, she appears engaged and enthusiastic. In the foreground, blurred, a person holds a document that appears to be a CV

Businesses urge Government to bring down costs of employing young people

On the High Street

17 Jun

Three people stand on stage in formal attire. In the centre, Catherine holds a certificate for the EFYE Team award

Award win for University of Manchester optometry induction experience

Students and pre-regs

17 Jun 5 min read

A young woman in an optician’s shop smiles as she reaches toward a wall display of glasses frames, while another woman stands slightly out of focus nearby, watching. Bright overhead lighting and a clean, modern interior create a welcoming retail environment

Pre-reg focus

Looking ahead to the OSCEs as a pre-reg optometrist

Students and pre-regs

05 Jun 2 mins

Jake wears tortoiseshell colour spectacles and is photographed in a peaceful garden setting

Me and my glasses

Jake Burton: “Since making my own frames, I’ve decided to embrace bold”

Products

05 Jun 5 min read

Councillors sitting at tables talking with hands raised at the November 2025 AOP Council meeting

AOP establishes new student and early career positions on its Council

AOP

27 May 5 min read

Komal takes a selfie from a high angle of the clinic room in practice. She wears a long sleeve black blouse with a patterned white skirt. Behind her is the Snellen chart and testing equipment

A to optometry

Patients at the heart

Students and pre-regs

22 May 3 mins

An optometrist wearing an NHS lanyard, Zak Saleem, examines a patient’s eyes using a slit lamp microscope in a clinical setting

Pre-reg focus

“I am finding this stage both rewarding and challenging”

Students and pre-regs

15 May 2 mins

A man sitting in an optometry testing room at a refractor having his sight tested

Survey exploring binocular vision management in practice launched by Master’s student

Research

30 Apr

AOP student reps for 2025-2026 standing in a group in the AOP offices

AOP opens student rep applications

Students and pre-regs

22 Apr

A street-side view of the outside of Manchester’s optometry building. The building has a geometric white design on the surface, highlighting the windows. A glass fronted section is in the centre

Optometry Education Conference to bring optometrists, researchers, and educators together

Students and pre-regs

17 Apr

Heer is photographed in a clinical setting holding up a tool and smiling

A to optometry

Being a calming voice for patients

Students and pre-regs

11 Apr 5 min read 5 mins

100% Optical

Neil Retallic stands at the front of a seminar space presenting. Audience members are seated around tables wearing headphones

Practical strategies for wellbeing

Health and wellbeing

08 Apr

Young female optometrist smiling as she looks through a slit lamp microscope to examine a male patient’s eyes in a softly lit clinic room, with a blurred owl picture on the wall in the background

Pre-reg focus

Adapting to technology as an optometry pre-reg

Students and pre-regs

31 Mar 4 mins

Sam is photographed in a university office, holding her textbook Introduction to Visual Optics, up to the camera and grinning behind it

Visual optics textbook receives excellence award

Students and pre-regs

26 Mar

An optometrist wearing an NHS lanyard, Zak Saleem, examines a patient’s eyes using a slit lamp microscope in a clinical setting, with a blue light shining into the patient’s eye as she rests her chin on the support

Pre-reg focus

“Pre-reg has highlighted how much learning happens on the job”

Students and pre-regs

04 Mar 2 mins

A woman with long brown hair stands in an eye examination room beside a slit lamp machine. She is smiling softly and wearing a white top with a dark cardigan. An eye chart is visible on the wall behind her, along with other optometry equipment, a computer workstation, and a bottle of hand sanitizer on the table

Pre-reg focus

“I feel much more equipped to deal with visually impaired patients”

Students and pre-regs

04 Feb 3 mins

Exterior of the University of Leicester's George Davies Centre on a sunny day

University of Leicester begins making provisional offers to future optometry students

Students and pre-regs

20 Jan

Zak smiling in a head and shoulders shot

Pre-reg focus

Completing Stage one as a pre-reg hospital optometrist

Students and pre-regs

07 Jan 4 mins

A smiling woman sits in an eye-exam room beside a slit-lamp microscope, holding one of the instrument controls. She wears a dark cardigan and white top, and the clinical room has posters and equipment in the background

Pre-reg focus

Swollen discs and Sjogren’s syndrome as a pre-reg

Students and pre-regs

05 Dec 2025 3 mins

A stylised illustration showing a teacher standing in front of a large green board, holding an open book and gesturing toward the board. Silhouettes of students in bright, overlapping colors sit in front, appearing to listen and take notes

A conversation about...

Teaching myopia management to optometry students

Students and pre-regs

05 Dec 2025 12 min read

A hospital optometrist is using a slit lamp to perform a sight test on a patient. A student in purple scrubs stands to the side and looks down a viewpiece to see what the optometrist is seeing. Another student observes across the room

The University of Manchester celebrates on-campus hospital optometry teaching clinic

Students and pre-regs

02 Dec 2025

A student optometry checks the eyes of a young woman

Teesside to make £2.2m investment in optometry facilities

Students and pre-regs

13 Nov 2025

Zak smiling in a head and shoulders shot

Pre-reg focus

“Everything I had learned started to fall into place”

Students and pre-regs

03 Nov 2025 2 mins

Robyn Marsden, from Johnson & Johnson, presents at the preview relaunching the STEP programme

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Products

03 Oct 2025

An infant boy sits in the consulting room chair wearing red and yellow sunflower occluders

Early career digest

Through a child’s eyes: making sight tests fun

Students and pre-regs

21 Sep 2025 7 min read

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Early career digest

Beyond the consulting room

Career development

20 Sep 2025 8 min read

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