The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (WCSM) Education Trust is pleased to announce the launch of its 3rd annual Bursary Award Scheme offering new students starting optical training courses in the UK in Autumn 2018 the opportunity to apply for a bursary of up to £1,000. towards the costs of...

A comprehensive education programme focused on driving up skill levels among support team members within the optical sector WCSM awarded qualifications range from Level 2 Optical Support to Level 4 Optical Technicians and Level 4 Diploma for Optical Assistants. The offer also includes Fast Track...

Access a pathway to become a DO An opportunity towards a career as a dispensing optician ABDO College’s Access Courses are designed to help prospective dispensing optician students to meet the necessary entry requirements. They are also a useful refresher for those who have been out of...

Develop your professional skills An opportunity to develop your professional skills and help others Due to changing demographics the demand for specialist low vision services is steadily increasing. By enhancing your low vision skills you can greatly help others, which is both valuable and...

ABDO College has published its Annual Report for 2016. To view or download the ABDO College Annual Report 2016, please click...

Foundation Degree /BSc (Hons) in Ophthalmic Dispensing (Year 1) Fellowship Dispensing Diploma courses (Year 1) ABDO College offers a choice of two distance learning courses on the route to becoming a qualified dispensing optician (DO): Option 1 A two-year Foundation Degree course followed...

September 2017 brings an exciting new course and Level 4 qualification from ABDO College and WCSM… Supporting our businesses to have sustainable growth, to plan for the future and to thrive, we need to have the right people with the right skills delivering excellence to our patients. For...

COURSE STARTS IN SEPTEMBER 2017 Provided by ABDO College working in conjunction with Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), the new BSc (Hons) in Vision Science course is designed for fully qualified dispensing opticians who wish to gain a profession specific degree and acquire graduate...

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Working in partnership, ABDO College and Canterbury Christ Church University are proud to offer a comprehensive blended learning course for prospective dispensing opticians: The only blended learning degree course in ophthalmic dispensing available in the UK Leads to a BSc (Hons) degree and the...

ABDO College has published its Annual Report for 2015. To view or download the ABDO College Annual Report 2015, please click...

ABDO College principal, Jo Underwood, was Clothed in the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (WCSM) on 7 June following in the footsteps of her husband and past ABDO president, James Russell. Jo said: “I was delighted and honoured to be clothed in the Livery, and thoroughly...