News and features
The latest news, features and insight from across optics
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The product has specially designed features to direct warm currents of air away from the lens
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While a number of previously raised concerns have been addressed in the new requirements, the AOP committed to monitoring developments, sharing that “This does not mean our concerns about the ESR have all been resolved”
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It is anticipated that most education providers would work towards admitting students to approved qualifications that meet the new standards from the 2023/24 or 2024/25 academic year
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The training provider suggested the course could enable independent practices to access government funding for apprenticeship training of optical assistants
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Pre-reg optometrist Peter Grant tells OT about the benefits of working across three practices as he looks ahead towards Visit 1
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Founding member of the British and Irish Universities and Colleges Contact Lens Educators, Richard Pearson, and Claire McDonnell, communications officer for BUCCLE and lecturer at TU Dublin, discuss idea-sharing, changes in contact lens education and adjusting to COVID-19
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Pre-registration optometrist, Rukan Avcil, on her journey into optometry, developing her skills through COVID-19, and being nominated for an OT competition by her practice colleague
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Manchester graduate, Emily Mather, had her pre-reg placement at Moorfields delayed as a result of COVID-19. Here, she tells OT why she’s grateful for the extra time at home
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The number of OSCE assessments for January have been reduced as a result of a “significant” fall in examiner availability
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The College of Optometrists has said that face-to-face work-based assessments and the January OSCE can go ahead