Celebrating the Commonwealth Games
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is the largest sports event to be staged in the UK for a decade, with an expected 5,000 athletes competing from 72 participating commonwealth nations.
Loaning of Optometry equipment and providing eye care expertise
The School of Optometry will be loaning ophthalmic equipment and providing eye care expertise, supported by a network of qualified optometrist volunteers for three polyclinics, which will form the primary healthcare facilities for athletes and team officials requiring medical assessment and treatment throughout the Games period. Professor Leon Davies will be overseeing the Games’ eye care clinics which will bring together a cohort of volunteer optometrists, dispensing opticians and ophthalmologists from across the UK.
Hosting temporary electric vehicle charging facilities.
We will also be supporting Birmingham 2022 as it aims to be the first Games to create a carbon neutral legacy by providing parking and hosting temporary electric vehicle charging facilities for its fleet, as well as other spaces on campus for its organising team.
Celebrating our Commonwealth heroes
Aston University is a world-leading insitution providing high-quality education for the next generation of leaders from across the globe. Here we celebrate the stories of leading students from some of the competing commonweatlh nations.
We’re providing the primary eye care facilities for athletes and team officials
The School of Optometry will be loaning ophthalmic equipment and providing eye care expertise, supported by a network of qualified optometrist volunteers for three polyclinics, which will form the primary healthcare facilities for athletes and team officials requiring medical assessment and treatment throughout the Games period.
We're hosting temporary electric vehicle charging facilities
We're supporting Birmingham 2022 as it aims to be the first Games to create a carbon neutral legacy by providing parking and hosting temporary electric vehicle charging facilities for its fleet, as well as other spaces on campus for its organising team.