Mrs Aga M. Buckley
Contact
- Email: aga.buckley@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston Hill
- Faculty: Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education, Non-faculty academics
- School: Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre (LTEC), School of Education, Midwifery and Social Work
- Department: Department of Education, Department of Social Work and Social Care
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About
I am a Master Social Work Course Leader and Postgraduate Researcher exploring lived experiences of compassion fatigue among early-career social workers. I teach social work theory, law, applied social work practice and social pedagogy. I am passionate about creativity and relational approaches in practice and I advocate for equity and neuro-inclusion. I am a member of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Neurodivergent Social Worker Special Interest Group and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group. I support the university's Network of Equality Champions, Social Justice and Inclusion Special Interests Group and EDI Action Group.
I qualified as a social worker in 1999 with a Diploma in Social Work and a degree in Social Pedagogy and I specialised in mental health over the years. I have a Master's in Advanced Mental Health Practice and worked as an Approved Mental Health Professional and Best Interests Assessor, Practice Lead and Principal Social Worker in local authorities and NHS before joining Kingston University's Department of Social Work and Social Care in 2016. I am an External Examiner with the University of Manchester for their post-qualifying courses.
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a lifelong learner. My interest in novel ways students and staff learn from each other led to my secondment with Academic Staff Development in the Education Directorate, where I supported colleagues to gain recognition of AdvanceHE under the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) for teaching and learning in Higher Education.
Academic responsibilities
Master Social Work Course Leader
Qualifications
- MA Advanced Mental Health Practice: Bournemouth University
- PGDip Advanced Mental Health Practice (AMHP/BIA): Bournemouth University
- Graduate Award Consolidation in Specialist Mental Health Practice: Bournemouth University
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Pedagogy, Social Readjustment: College of Higher Education in Humanistic Studies Gdansk, Poland
- Diploma in Social Work: College of Social Work, Gdansk, Poland
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Gallery of work
Image of the active learning definition created by academic staff (ILT 2022-23)
An image of created by the academic staff definition of active learning, small group exercise focused on using education theories in explaining active learning in the context of higher education (HE Pedagogies & Active Learning session by Aga M. Buckley/ILT 2022-23))
Image of the active learning definition created by academic staff (ILT 2022-23)
Second image from the session delivered as part of Introduction to Learning and Teaching (ILT) programme 2022-23
Image of active learning definition created by academic staff (ILT 2022-23)
Part of the definition, showing a traditional take on knowledge transfer with the wooden hand symbolising the teacher in the classroom (HE Pedagogies & active learning session by Aga M. Buckley/ILT 2022-23)
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