ABDO College staff and students came together on Friday 17th May for a charity decathlon in and on Vision Care for Homeless People. A great afternoon was had by all. Congratulations to all of the winners and a big thank you to the companies sponsoring the events: Essilor: The Eyezen...

If you want to develop your career, now is the time to act as ABDO College has opened online applications. ABDO College offers you and your team courses which allow every staff member to advance. Based in Godmersham, Kent, it is the only UK college devoted solely to the teaching of the...

Suitable for anyone who has just started working in optics, as well as those who have been in practice for some time and want to formalise their knowledge, this new Optical Assistant course is a great way to learn. It offers a flexible way to train the practice support team, giving them a vital...

If you want a flexible way to train your support team, giving them a vital induction to the world of optics, you will want to know more about the new Optical Assistant course from ABDO College. Suitable for people who have just started working in optics, as well as those who have been in...

Available now from the ABDO College Bookshop. The 2019 definitive guide to spectacle lenses, coatings and tints available in the UK will be launched at Optrafair Exchange this weekend.  Ophthalmic Lenses Availability collates information from leading lens manufacturers enabling anyone in...

The serious power outage at Godmersham was resolved this afternoon. There may still be a delay in emails reaching ABDO College staff, and staff will have a backlog of enquiries to deal with. We apologise for any delay in response...

Prospects (The UKs official graduate careers support service) are looking for recently graduates DOs to be case studies for their retail job profile/content pages. Prospects.ac.uk aims to provide relevant and informative case studies covering careers, postgraduate courses, work experience, gap...

ABDO College will be present at Optrafair and the ABDO College Bookshop will be showcasing its extensive range of optical books and dispensing equipment. ABDO College is the leading provider of blended and distance learning education for the optical sector. It offers programmes from Level 2...

There has been an increase in spam emails purporting to be from ABDO College. The ABDO College IT department is trying to find commonality between these emails to block and report the malicious activity, so please do send anything you are concerned about to badmail@abdo.org.uk. This email address...

Job title : Academic Link Tutor (ABDOC) Job reference : REQ00145 Application closing date : 11/02/2019 Location : Canterbury Salary : GBP£33,199 – GBP£48,677 Job description : Permanent Part-time 14.8 hours per week...

It has been announced that Jill Kemp will be retiring as Head of Operations at ABDO College in April, after four busy and successful years. She will be succeeded by Steve Hertz who joined the Operations Department a little over a year ago to prepare for this role. Jill Kemp says, “During the...

In September 2015, ABDO introduced a new Dispensing Syllabus and over the last few years we have been phasing out the old Dispensing 2008 syllabus. We wrote to all Members in September this year, who are still following the 2008 syllabus, informing people that the Dispensing 2008 syllabus will be...