UNSW Optometry and Vision Science Student Society

08/06/2025

🧥✨ UNSW OptomSoc 2025 merch is HERE!
Stay warm, stylish, and SPECtacular this winter 😎❄️
We’ve got a range of colours and sizes to choose from:
🖤 Black | 🌸 Blush | 🤎 Brown | 🤍 Bone | 🫎 Lieutenant | 🌊 Sea Blue | 🌫️ Heather Grey

Orders close Friday 13 June at 9pm, don’t miss out!
Check your year group chats or DM us for the order link 💌

Proudly sponsored by Early Career Optometrists NSW/ACT (ECONA) and Young Optometrists👓
Huge thanks to Jessie Woodward for the gorgeous design 👸🏼

28/04/2025

OptomSoc x EssilorLuxottica 2025

AB SEAAA 2025 is over and what a night it was 🚢🕺🏻

A massive thank you to everyone who came to this year’s cruise 🥳 it was so good seeing all your creative costumes and the energy you brought🧞‍♀️👨🏼‍🎤

Big thanks to our sponsors for backing the event:
💎 EssilorLuxottica (Platinum Sponsor)
✨ Zeiss (Silver Sponsor)

We had a lot of fun and hope you did too. Keen to see you all at our next event 👀🫡

14/04/2025

✨ THANK YOU from OptomSoc! ✨

Industry Day 2025 was an absolute hit and it's all thanks to YOU! 💙
With the biggest turnout we’ve ever had, this year’s event was full of great energy, good convos, and future career inspo 💼👁️

Huge shoutout to the industry reps who took time out of their busy schedules to connect with us:
Alcon, Designs for Vision, George & Matilda, mivision, Optometry NSW/ACT, Specsavers, The Optical Co & ZEISS 💫
Your support made the day that much more valuable for our students.

And thank you to everyone who came by, got their 6 stamps, grabbed a bite, and made some memories. We hope you left feeling inspired for what’s next 👀

21/03/2025

✨ UNSW OptomSoc x EssilorLuxottica proudly present…
🚢 CRUISE 2025 – AB SEAAA 🌊

Set sail for the BEST cruise in OptomSoc history! 🏆 Get keen for
🍕 Delicious food
🍷 Free flow wine, beer & soft drinks
🎶 Groovy hits
🏆 Best dressed prizes
📸 Stunning views & endless memories!

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🎭 DRESS CODE:
Come dressed as something starting with the first letter of your name! 🤩 What will you be? 🏴‍☠️🍍🐸

📅 Date: Thursday, April 17th, 2025
📍 Location: Eastern Pontoon, Circular Quay (NOT Darling Harbour)
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM

🎟 TICKET PRICES:
🔹 Early Bird – $55 Optom/Vis Sci | $60 Non-Optom
📅 Release Date: March 24th @ 7PM

🔹 Main Round – $65 Optom/Vis Sci | $70 Non-Optom
📅 Release Date: March 25th @ 7PM

🚨 TICKET SALES CLOSE APRIL 1st @ 5PM!

🎫 Secure your spot before we sell out! Stay tuned for ticket links.

👾Click ⭐ GOING ⭐ on this event page to stay updated on ticket sales and event details!

✨ Proudly Sponsored By: ✨
💎 EssilorLuxottica (Platinum Sponsor)
✨ Zeiss (Silver Sponsor)

📢 Contact your year reps for any questions or concerns! 🏃🏻‍♀️🧞‍♀️

12/03/2025

A huge thank you to HEINE for running our recent Munch & Learn workshop! 👓✨

Our students had a fantastic opportunity to get hands on with essential tools like the BIO, direct ophthalmoscope, and retinoscope, while picking up practical clinical tips from Dr. William Yates.

Sessions like these are all about building confidence, refining clinical skills, and preparing for real-life patient care. Thank you to everyone who attended and made the event such a success!

We’re grateful to HEINE for supporting student learning and to Dr. Yates for generously sharing his knowledge and expertise.

Stay tuned for more workshops and events!

14/02/2025

💙🎉 Thank you to all of the first years who joined us for Welcome Week 2025! It was amazing to see so many enthusiastic new students joining us as future Vision Scientists and Optometrists! 👓

We can’t wait for all the exciting events we have planned for you this year!

A huge shoutout 📣 to our 2025 Peer Mentoring team, we couldn’t have done this without you! 💪🏼👏🏼 And a big thank you to Young Optometrists for sponsoring the delicious School Welcome BBQ! 🌭

Good luck to everyone starting T1, see you around campus! 👀

04/02/2025

We’re proud to announce the 2025 UNSW Optometry and Vision Science Student Society Executive Team!

Before we step into the new year, we’d like to sincerely thank the 2024 team—Justin McNamara, Leyna Nguyen, Phoebe Shou, Rosanna Lee, Nathan Lee, and Amy Odisho—for their dedication, leadership, and the incredible work they’ve done for OptomSoc. Your efforts have set a strong foundation for the future.

Introducing the 2025 Executive Team:

President: Angela Zhang
Vice President: Josie Wehbe
Treasurer: Emily Mai
Secretary: Jessie Woodward
Events Coordinator: Jennifer Du
Marketing Director: Natasha Nicholas

We’re excited to bring new ideas and opportunities to the UNSW optometry community in 2025. Here’s to a year filled with growth, collaboration, and meaningful achievements!

23/12/2024

✨️ ~Class of 2024~ ✨️

Congratulations 🎉🎊 to our final year Bachelor of Vision Science/Masters of Clinical Optometry students on graduating! 🎓💐 We finally crossed the finish line after 5 years of hard work! 📖✏️🥵 We are so proud 🥹 of everything you have achieved 🫶🏻 and wish you all the best in your future endeavours. 🌠🌠

We hope you enjoy your well-deserved break 😎⛱️🍹 and we will see you all again at graduation next year! 🎓👋

03/12/2024

10/10/2024

It's !

This year's campaign highlights the importance of children's eyecare, and children around the world having affordable, accessible, and available eyecare. It aims to improve eye health education and reduce the social stigma associated with wearing glasses and other corrective treatments.

Read more at: https://www.iapb.world/world_sight_day

Less screentime and more sunshine! 🌞🌞

02/10/2024

Last week, we held our biggest and most anticipated event of the year, ✨️ Eyeball 2024 ✨️ at the Hyatt Regency Sydney. Our guests were dressed to impress 💃🏻🕴in our Great Gatsby theme, a picture of luxury 🌟📸🥂. We hope that everyone enjoyed a great night of dining 🍝, fun 🎊, and dance 🕺🏻, as we head towards the end of the year.

This event would not have been possible without our generous Platinum Sponsors 💎 EssilorLuxottica and Specsavers, and our Silver sponsors ✨️ Heine, Carl Zeiss, Coopervision, Mivision, and Young Optometrists.

Shout out 🗣 to insta: for the amazing photos 🤩👏🏻

14/04/2024

On Industry Day, students from first to fifth year had the amazing opportunity ✨️ to chat to industry representatives and learn more about what's on offer in the Vision Science and Optometry field 🤓🤝. We greatly appreciate our sponsors for taking the time to share their valuable knowledge and some goodies 🛍🍦with our students!

Thank you to:
ProVision
George and Matilda
Carl Zeiss
OPSM
Heine
Specsavers