Working group urges students to try optics

Members of the careers in optics working group met in Manchester to finalise plans and secure funding for a pilot scheme within schools to attract youngsters to the profession.

At its meeting in September the working group reported that funding for a pilot scheme has been secured and that further funding from optometry departments and large employers would be sought. The proposed scheme is for the development of workshops to promote optometry and optics within secondary schools to stimulate youngsters to take up optics as a career. The workshops will be targeted at year groups 8, 9 and 10 among children expected to attain high grades in the sciences at A level.