Farrukh Akhtar

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About

Farrukh is a National Teaching Fellow, an Associate Professor. As a practitioner, she is a registered social worker with over twenty years' experience of practice ranging from child protection, working in fostering services, therapeutic communities and organisational development. Farrukh is an Advanced Social Worker and an accredited Practice Educator.

Farrukh is also a qualified Craniosacral therapist and SCENAR therapist, practising from a clinic in East London.

Her research focuses on well-being, resilience and personal transformation. She is interested in exploring themes of belonging, inclusivity and community, especially within HEIs. Farrukh is the only Transformative Life Writing Facilitator in a UK-based university and the training co-ordinator for the European Centre for Life Writing for Transformation. 

Academic responsibilities

Associate Professor

Qualifications

  • Masters in Social Work
  • MA Professional Education & Training in the Human Services) and Advanced Award in Social Work
  • MA in Creative Writing (non-fiction).
  • BCST - Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist

Teaching and learning

Farrukh teaches on different programmes within the Department of Social Work and Social Care

Undergraduate courses taught

Research

My research focuses on well-being, resilience and personal transformation. I am interested in exploring themes of belonging, inclusivity and community, especially within HEIs. 

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

Article

(2022) Journal of Social Work Practice, ISSN (print) 0265-0533 (Epub Ahead of Print)

(2022) Social Dialogue, 26, p. 11. ISSN (online) 2221-352X

(2021) Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 22, ISSN (online) 1759-667X

(2021) Journal of Social Work Practice, 35(1), pp. 111-114. ISSN (print) 0265-0533

and Ruch, Gillian (2020) Journal of Social Work Practice, 34(2), pp. 123-124. ISSN (print) 0265-0533

(2018) PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 4(2), pp. 875-892. ISSN (online) 2454-5899

(2018) Social Dialogue, 19, p. 75. ISSN (print) 2221-352X

(2018) Journal of Teaching and Education, 8(2), pp. 59-68. ISSN (online) 2165-6266

, , and (2017) Working with Older People, 21(4), pp. 236-242. ISSN (print) 1366-3666

, , and (2017) BMC Geriatrics, 17(164), ISSN (online) 1471-2318

and Livingstone, Wulf (2016) Professional Social Work, Oct, pp. 21-22. ISSN (print) 1352-3112

, , , , , and (2016) International Psychogeriatrics, 28(9), pp. 1441-1454. ISSN (print) 1041-6102

(2015) Writing in Practice, 1, ISSN (online) 2058-5535

Book

Akhtar, Farrukh and Ruch, Gillian, eds. (2020) Taylor and Francis. 96p. (Journal of Social Work Practice, (34(2))) ISSN (print) 0265-0533

(2013) London, U.K. : Jessica Kingsley. 168p. (Mastering Social Work Skills) ISBN 9781849052740

Book Section

(2016) In: Davies, Keith and Jones, Ray, (eds.) Skills for social work practice. London, U.K. : Palgrave. pp. 40-65. ISBN 9781137390264

Conference or Workshop Item

, , Barrett, Louise and (2023) In: Festival of Learning 2023; 22 Jun 2023, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2018) In: Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018 : Teaching in the Spotlight : Learning from Global Communities; 03-05 Jul 2018, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2018) In: International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) : Annual Multidisiplinary Conference in Florence; 26-29 Jun 2018, Florence, Italy. (Unpublished)

(2017) In: Department of Social Work and Social Care Annual Conference 2017 : New Directions in Social Care; 24 Mar 2017, Kingston, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2017) In: Department of Social Work and Social Care Annual Conference 2017 : New Directions in Social Care; 24 Mar 2017, Kingston, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2017) In: Department of Social Work and Social Care Annual Conference 2017 : New Directions in Social Care; 24 Mar 2017, Kingston, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2014) In: JSWEC 2014: Social Work: Making Connections; 23-25 Jul 2014, Egham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2013) In: JSWEC 2013: Positive Practice in Hard Times: Social Work Fights Back; 10-12 Jul 2013, Egham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2013) In: Kingston Connections 2013: Our Story Begins...; 22-30 Jun 2013, Kingston, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Monograph

[Compiler] (2012) (Manual) Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. 92 p. (Unpublished)

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