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The University of Ulster admits just 32 students a year to its optometry course and receives an average of 250 applications. Students need to achieve AAB grade A levels including two As in science subjects but Saunders is keen to point out that the department welcomes participation from non-traditional students.
'We are one of the top universities for encouraging wider access on to our courses and we have had a lot of brilliant students who have come to us later in life because they haven't been able to do their A levels due to family or illness,' she says. 'We're keen not to be a department that just admits 18-year-olds with traditional A levels. However, we do ensure we maintain our high standards.'
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