College freezes membership fees

Fees to join the College of Optometrists have been frozen for seventh year running – with a full membership costing £298.73.

This membership year, starting in October 2016, will see the introduction of the its Member Code of Conduct, including ethical and professional standards.

The College has also appealed for donations for research projects including scholarships, travel bursaries, a new lecturer and other small grants for hospital-based projects.

Mike Bowen, College of Optometrists director of research, said: ‘This is an exciting time for research at the College, with a number of big projects coming to fruition and many others underway. Now the profession has the opportunity to show its support for our research work by contributing to the research fund, which will help us build on all the great work done, and help develop the optometric research, and researchers, of the future.