Audit support

Surveying optometry graduate outcomes in 2021

Graduates and employers will again have their say about optometry courses and how well they prepare students for the workplace as part of the 2021 Australian Government’s Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) suite of surveys.

Registered optometrists outstrip population growth

The number of registered optometrists in Australia has increased by 30.1 per cent over the past decade, compared with the nation’s 12.1 per cent population growth, a new study shows.

Network to improve education on Indigenous eye care and increase Indigenous optometrists

Leaders of optometry schools in Australia and New Zealand are establishing a network aimed at strengthening Indigenous eye care by better educating optometry students and increasing the number of Indigenous optometrists.