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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”

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

Optometry student, Georgia Richardson, shares with OT  what inspired her to enter into optics and the people that encouraged and supported her along the way

Remembered as “one of UK optometry’s unsung heroes,” Andrew Field died on 30 December 2020 at the age of 81

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

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

Howard Collins on working in academia, and the importance of maintaining a work/life balance during the pandemic

The College of Optometrists has said that face-to-face work-based assessments and the January OSCE can go ahead

Hampshire-based optometrist Sarah Arnold tells OT  about the 150-year history of her family practice

Anglia Ruskin University’s postgraduate course launched in September 2019 aiming to help dispensing opticians specialise in contact lens fitting