Online date set for Optoversity challenge

A date has been set for an online version of the annual test of optometry students’ knowledge and diagnostic skills, the Optoversity challenge.

Universities have been asked to create teams from all year groups to compete online on March 21 to mark the start of World Optometry Week.

Event organisers Out of the Box Optics developed the challenge to bring the next generation of optometrists together and raise money for Vision Care for Homeless People.

At last year’s Optoversity challenge, a total of £5,500 was raised for the charity, which was an improvement on the 2019 sum of £3,600.

Harinder Paul, trustee of Vision Care for Homeless People, said: ‘It is a really exciting event – won by the students at Hertfordshire University last year. We are really looking to draw the whole optical community together for this one day event and looking for our terrific supporters in optics to put up prizes for the best students.’