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In focus: City Sight clinic aims to create leaders

City University, London, this week unveiled new on-campus facilities for its students amid growing demand for optometry courses across the UK. Joe Ayling reports

Optometry and ophthalmic dispensing students at City University London have stepped into a pristine environment to begin their journey into the profession thanks to new investment at the university’s City Sight clinic.

The new purpose-built clinic on Northampton Square, with 23 consulting rooms, has replaced the university’s Fight for Sight clinic, near Old Street.

Latest technology and specialist clinics introduced there mean students can be thrown straight into the deep end with comprehensive visual assessments and blended healthcare.

As part of the move, City Sight has tied up with speech and language facilities at City – delivering a range of patient services under one roof. In this way, the university continues to evolve its approach amid competition from new optometry qualifications at Hertfordshire, and now Portsmouth, taking the total number of courses into double figures.

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