Students

AOP student reps 2026: “It takes time to adjust to university life, and that’s normal”

Four AOP student reps shared their reflections and advice for first-year optometry students

Students and pre-regs

27 Aug 5 min read

Four speech bubbles in red, green, yellow, and blue, overlap and intersect over a light blue background

Optometrists in training and newly-qualified optometrists join AOP Council

AOP

21 Aug 6 min read

Eliza smiles whilst sitting in a testing room

Eliza Jane McCall: “It definitely wasn’t easy, but it was a lot simpler than I thought”

Students and pre-regs

19 Aug

An illustration in tones of blue in which a woman stands in front of a crossroads that points in many directions. Her posture indicates confusion

A Level results day: “Failing wasn’t the end of my story”

Students and pre-regs

11 Aug 7 min read

Head and shoulders images of three pre-reg contributors smiling on a pink background

Pre-reg focus

Preparing for the next stage: reflections from a year of pre-reg practice

Students and pre-regs

07 Aug 9 min read

A mother embraces her daughter, who is wearing a graduation gown and cap

In focus

A century of optometry at Aston University

Practitioner stories

07 Aug 10 min read

Professor Shehzad Naroo with an ophthalmoscope

A personal history of Aston University optometry department in 12 objects

Students and pre-regs

06 Aug 9 min read

An illustration in an abstract watercolour style of silhouettes of people, with speech bubbles in muticoloured shapes

In focus

Five factors shaping practice

AOP

06 Aug 10 min read

Specsavers scholarship supports optometry application rise

On the High Street

23 Jul

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

“The hospital setting has provided exposure to a diverse range of encounters and cases”

Students and pre-regs

22 Jul 1 mins

Lucie is practising with a slit lamp at university, her eye against the viewfinders while she controls it with a joystick and adjusts with her other hand

A to optometry

Inspired after an insight into emergency eye care

Students and pre-regs

17 Jul 1 mins

Three students walk through campus carrying paperwork and folders

AOP student reps for 2026–2027 named

AOP

16 Jul 5 min read

A redhaired woman in professional attire holds a pen and stands, smiling, beside a whiteboard

SPOKE secures funding for careers outreach initiative

Students and pre-regs

14 Jul

A woman wearing headphones sitting at a laptop smiling

AOP releases dedicated student webinar series to watch on-demand

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

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

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History and symptoms for contact lenses

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Dry eye: therapeutic management

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Dry eye: investigative techniques

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Dry eye: history and symptoms

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Assessing the fit of a rigid gas permeable contact lens

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Grading the fit of a rigid gas permeable contact lens

This OT skills guide will introduce viewers to grading the fit of a rigid gas permeable contact lens

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Using a topographer for contact lens fitting

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Domiciliary eye care: legal aspects

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Domiciliary eye care: communication challenges

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Domiciliary eye care: dealing with a bedbound patient

This OT skills guide will share insight on how to adapt to patients who are bedbound during a domiciliary sight test

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Domiciliary eye care: what you need to do domiciliary

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