Students and pre regs

A student optometry checks the eyes of a young woman

Teesside to make £2.2m investment in optometry facilities

The site will serve the dual purpose of enhancing optometry education and addressing gaps in accessible eye care services

Students and pre-regs

13 Nov

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 2 mins

A group of students in a line outside a hospital in Malawi

“I knew that this trip would be a once in a lifetime experience”

Students and pre-regs

31 Oct 5 min read

Deepali Poojara

Deepali Poojara: “Staying organised is key”

Students and pre-regs

17 Oct

Eliza is in graduation robes and is holding a bunch of sunflowers

Pre-reg focus

“I left the appointment with a real sense of accomplishment”

Students and pre-regs

03 Oct 2 mins

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 7 min read

Juwaria photographed in the AOP offices

A to optometry

“It’s rewarding knowing that I’m part of something that aims to make a difference for students in the profession”

Students and pre-regs

10 Sep 7 min read

Ruhma Amin

Asda Opticians welcomes first pre-registration optometrists

Students and pre-regs

08 Sep

Rocket takes off out of the clouds

Pre-reg focus

“In a High Street practice, absolutely anyone can walk through the door”

Students and pre-regs

01 Sep 7 min read

Optometrist performing a sight test

One year qualified

Students and pre-regs

23 Aug 8 min read

Teesside University campus

Teesside University on a “proud and significant milestone”

Students and pre-regs

21 Aug

Stacked books

Winner of OptiStudent 2025 UK & I revealed

Students and pre-regs

19 Aug

Young mixed race woman in glasses completes wor on a laptop whilst smiling

GOC approves SPOKE projects

Students and pre-regs

13 Aug

Robyn Marsden presents at the relaunch

Johnson & Johnson to relaunch Success Through Education Programme

Students and pre-regs

06 Aug 5 min read

Habeed Rahman, Zahrah Khan, and Hannah Silcock

Pre-reg focus

The pre-reg path to qualification

Students and pre-regs

01 Aug 10 min read

A group of graduating students throw their caps into the air

Teesside optometry courses gain full approval

Students and pre-regs

24 Jul

A young optometrist speaks to a child patient

Specsavers launches the Judy Lea Award for Early Career Excellence

Students and pre-regs

16 Jul

Hannah is smiling whilst sitting at a table next to a green wall in a Specsavers testing room. A large piece of optical equipment is on the table in front of her

Pre-reg focus

“Each patient encounter is a learning opportunity”

Students and pre-regs

02 Jul 1 mins

Habeeb is performing an eye test in a consulting room

Pre-reg focus

“Pre-reg has truly been a year of intense learning”

Students and pre-regs

05 Jun 1 mins

Narthika sits in a consulting room

A to optometry

“The main reason I wanted to become an optometrist was to make a direct difference in people's lives”

Students and pre-regs

23 May 6 min read 1

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

New optometry degree at University of Leicester expected to welcome students in 2026

Students and pre-regs

08 May 11 min read 9

The outside of the Plymouth VCHP clinic is seen with balloons during the opening party

How VCHP is forging a successful partnership with Plymouth optometry students

Students and pre-regs

08 May 5 min read

Robyn on the Johnson & Johnson Vision stand

Changes ahead for STEP programme

Students and pre-regs

07 May

Hannah is smiling whilst sitting at a table next to a green wall in a Specsavers testing room. A large piece of optical equipment is on the table in front of her

Pre-reg focus

“I’m hopefully now closer to the end of pre-reg than to the beginning”

Students and pre-regs

06 May 3 mins

Nathesa is performing a slit lamp examination

A to optometry

“Everyone encouraged me to study optometry”

Students and pre-regs

18 Apr 6 min read

Habeeb is stood smiling in front of a wall of frames

Pre-reg focus

“I now feel confident seeing all types of patients”

Students and pre-regs

04 Apr 2 mins

A group of students, along with Professor Philip Morgan and Neil Harvey are dressed in white protective boiler suits in the manufacturing facility

CooperVision welcomes students for manufacturing facility visit

Students and pre-regs

03 Apr

Emily smiles from her desk, she wears smart business attire and a lanyard with lots of badges

First hospital-based pre-reg in Wales approaches qualification

Students and pre-regs

01 Apr

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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

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Consultation into extending medicine responsibilities for optometrists launched by DHSC

Government and regulation

04 Sep 1

Carina Hummel

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08 Sep 10 min read

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Asda Opticians welcomes first pre-registration optometrists

Students and pre-regs

08 Sep

Teesside University campus

Teesside University on a “proud and significant milestone”

Students and pre-regs

21 Aug

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Students and pre-regs

17 Oct

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

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Students and pre-regs

21 Sep 7 min read

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

Government and regulation

13 Nov

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An improved vision test for toddlers

Research

05 Nov

100% Optical

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Exhibitor list released for 100% Optical 2026

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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