Farrukh Akhtar
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- Department of Social Work and Social Care
- School of Education, Midwifery and Social Work
- Kingston Hill
Associate Professor
- Email:
- f.akhtar@kingston.ac.uk
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.
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
Domains
Farrukh teaches on different programmes within the Department of Social Work and Social Care
Courses taught
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
Holding the paradox : relationship based practice in a global context
(2020). (Taylor and Francis)
Mastering social work values and ethics
Akhtar, Farrukh (2013). London, U.K.: (Jessica Kingsley)
Collaborative online international learning to enhance intercultural effectiveness in social work education
Lee, Othelia EunKyoung, Xu, Qingwen, Akhtar, Farrukh, Jin, Mincho and Mathew-Byrne, Jane, 2024, Social Work Education
The emotional labour of decolonising social work curricula
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2022, Journal of Social Work Practice
The courage to see and be seen : the emotional labour of decolonising social work curricula for Black educators in the UK
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2022, Social Dialogue (26), pp 11
Honouring loved ones who have passed : bringing grief into the pedagogical frame during the pandemic
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2021, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (22)
Book Review of: 'Mothers accused and abused : addressing complex psychological needs' by Angela Foster (ed.)
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2021, Journal of Social Work Practice (35), 1, pp 111-114
Editorial
Akhtar, Farrukh and Ruch, Gillian, 2020, Journal of Social Work Practice (34), 2, pp 123-124
Transformative Life WritingTM : a framework for embedding student soft skills? Reflections on the highs and lows of delivering a transformative curriculum
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2018, PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences (4), 2, pp 875-892
Stories into social work : celebrating a little understood art form
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2018, Social Dialogue (19), pp 75-75
Using counter-story to increase belonging in an HEI : exploring the potential of posters to contribute to the institutional habitus
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2018, Journal of Teaching and Education (8), 2, pp 59-68
Dementia cafes : recommendations from interviews with informal carers
Akhtar, Farrukh, Greenwood, Nan, Smith, Raymond and Richardson, Angela, 2017, Working with Older People (21), 4, pp 236-242
A qualitative study of carers' experiences of dementia cafes : a place to feel supported and be yourself
Greenwood, Nan, Smith, Raymond, Akhtar, Farrukh and Richardson, Angela, 2017, BMC Geriatrics (17), 164
Social work beyond borders
Akhtar, Farrukh and Livingstone, Wulf, 2016, Professional Social Work (Oct), pp 21-22
Psychosocial interventions for people with young onset dementia and their carers: a systematic review
Richardson, Angela, Pedley, Gillian, Akhtar, Farrukh, Pelone, Ferruccio, Chang, Jacqueline, Muleya, Wilson and Greenwood, Nan, 2016, International Psychogeriatrics (28), 9, pp 1441-1454
Reclaiming the "wounded storyteller": The use of peer feedback as a pedagogical tool in creative life writing
Akhtar, Farrukh, 2015, Writing in Practice (1)
Preparing the ethical toolkit: balancing rights and responsibilities
Akhtar, Farrukh (2016). In: Davies, Keith, (eds.) and Jones, Ray, (eds.), Skills for social work practice. London, U.K.: Palgrave, pp 40-65
Life writing for transformation: facilitators manual
Akhtar, Farrukh (2012). (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre)
'Seeing the bigger picture' : the value of interprofessional learning regarding safeguarding through attendance at Matilda the musical
Clark, Zoe, Price, Jayne, Barrett, Louise and Akhtar, Farrukh(2023). In: Festival of Learning 2023, 22 Jun 2023 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
Beyond marketisation : happiness, resilience and community : essential elements of the HE experience?
Akhtar, Farrukh(2018). 03-05 Jul 2018 : Birmingham, U.K.
Unsung heroes : using counter-story to increase belonging. Exploring the potential of posters to contribute to institutional habitus.
Akhtar, Farrukh(2018). In: International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) : Annual Multidisiplinary Conference in Florence, 26-29 Jun 2018 :Florence, Italy
How close are you to burn out? Introducing 'Simple Pleasures'
Akhtar, Farrukh(2017). In: Department of Social Work and Social Care Annual Conference 2017 : New Directions in Social Care, 24 Mar 2017 :Kingston, U.K.
Giving thanks to our unsung heroes
Akhtar, Farrukh(2017). In: Department of Social Work and Social Care Annual Conference 2017 : New Directions in Social Care, 24 Mar 2017 :Kingston, U.K.
Transformation and change in social work : a reflective workshop
Akhtar, Farrukh(2017). In: Department of Social Work and Social Care Annual Conference 2017 : New Directions in Social Care, 24 Mar 2017 :Kingston, U.K.
Stories into social work - A collection of inspirational posters celebrating the extensive careers of selected practitioners
Akhtar, Farrukh(2014). In: JSWEC 2014: Social Work: Making Connections, 23-25 Jul 2014 :Egham, U.K.
Developing international perspectives around diversity
Akhtar, Farrukh(2013). In: JSWEC 2013: Positive Practice in Hard Times: Social Work Fights Back, 10-12 Jul 2013 :Egham, U.K.
Stories into social work
Akhtar, Farrukh(2013). In: Kingston Connections 2013: Our Story Begins..., 22-30 Jun 2013 :Kingston, U.K.