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Anglia Suspends 2010 Dispensing Courses
Degree courses in ophthalmic dispensing and optical
management have been suspended at Anglia Ruskin University as a
result of the government's capping of student
admissions.
With the applications process for places on its 2010 academic
courses, including the two bachelor of science degree courses,
already under way, the
University was given its admissions figures and told it would be
fined heavily if it exceeded them. As a result of these
circumstances, the University was obliged to undertake a major
review of its course portfolio and to discontinue some of its least
popular courses. Ophthalmic dispensing and optical management were
two of over 100 courses that were either discontinued or
suspended.
Dr John Siderov, head of the University's department of vision
and hearing sciences, said that it was meeting the challenges by
updating its courses. 'As part of this process of review, we
decided to suspend our intake into our full-time degree courses in
ophthalmic dispensing for September 2010.' He said the small number
of potential students affected have been advised and offered
alternatives.
Siderov also revealed there were plans to reinstate the optical
dispensing course for the next academic year: 'We plan to come back
bigger and better in 2011.' He added: 'We are committed to
developing all of our professional courses including ophthalmic
dispensing and will have much more to offer students, employers and
the profession in the future.'
Restrictions imposed by the previous government mean England's
university budgets are being cut by £449m, according to the
BBC.