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From the classroom to remote Australia: student placements bring optometry to Indigenous communities

Two University of Melbourne optometry students spent their clinical placement at Congress in Alice Springs, gaining hands-on experience with complex ocular pathology and a deeper understanding of Aboriginal health.

Optometry Australia Scholarship Fund for First Nations Optometrists

OA invites expressions of interest to support up to three Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander optometrists and/or optometry students to attend the Optometry Clinical Conference from 9 - 10 August, on the lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera Peoples, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Student Academic Award winner for Flinders University announced

Jayden Vu has been awarded the 2026 OV/SA Student Academic Award for Flinders University, Adelaide. Recipients of these awards are selected by the three Australian university optometry faculties and conferred upon students who demonstrate academic excellence, and a strong commitment to patient care and professionalism.