VE graduates collect ABDO prizes

Two Vision Express employees were awarded special honours for their optical studies during ABDO’s graduation and prize giving ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral last week.

Leeds-based Thomas Webster (left) and Nathan Smith from Gloucester were hand-picked to receive special prizes after completing intensive distance learning diplomas in ophthalmic dispensing.

Smith was awarded the Tony Griffiths prize for the best mark in Section 2 (dispensing) of the practical exams, while Webster was handed the Carl Zeiss prize for the best Distance Learning student.

Vision Express CEO Jonathan Lawson said: ‘We’re so proud of all of the Vision Express graduates, who have managed to combine their study with working full time in our stores.’