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
- ORCID
About
I am a Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Social Work and Social Pedagogy and a Postgraduate Researcher exploring lived experiences of compassion fatigue among early-career social workers. I am passionate about creativity and relational approaches in practice, much inspired by years of mental health social work and teaching. I advocate for equity and neuro-inclusion, often questioning uniformity in my personal life, social work, and education.
I qualified as a social worker in 1999 with a Diploma in Social Work and a degree in Social Pedagogy; Iater specialised in mental health with a Master's in Advanced Mental Health Practice. I 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.
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 Education Directorate, where I deliver and assess programmes accredited by AdvanceHE, supporting colleagues to gain recognition under Professional Standards Framework (PSF) for teaching and learning in Higher Education. In my faculty academic role, I teach social work theory, law applied social work practice and social pedagogy; upon returning from the secondment, I will take on the Masters of Social Work Programme Lead role. I am also an External Examiner with the University of Manchester for their Post Qualifying courses.
I am active in the British Association of Social Workers: Neurodivergent Social Workers Special Interest Group and Equality, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group. I support the Network of Equality Champions, the EDI Action Group and the Social Justice and Inclusion Special Interests Group, among other projects within and outside the university.
Academic responsibilities
Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Social Work & Social Pedagogy
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)
Social media