About

I am a social and community studies lecturer in the College of Health, Psychology and Social Work at the University of Derby. Before that, I worked as a researcher in inclusion at the Institute of Education, University of Derby. 

Before Joining the University of Derby,  I worked at the University of Lahore, Minhaj University, Lahore and Punjab Group of colleges.

Teaching responsibilities

I am a module leader and currently teaching:

• Family, Community and Society 
• Health and Nutrition
• IS Supervision

I also contribute to:

• M. A in Education TESOL pathway 
• M.A in. Education  SEND pathway

Research interests

I am currently supervising PhD student and interested in the following fields:

• Faith, Language and Culture 
• Educational theories 
• Family, Community and Society
• Disability, Faith and Inclusion 
• Inclusive pedagogy
• Early Childhood Development 
• Internationalisation of Education 

Membership of professional bodies

• Fellowship of HEA

Qualifications

• Doctor of Education - Staffordshire University, UK
• M.A in Linguistics - Dalarna University, Sweden
• M.A in Religious Education - Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan
• B.A - University of Punjab, Lahore
• Cert in Education & Training - WCC, UK
• Effective Online Tutoring - University of Oxford
• Certificate in Conflict Resolution USIP
• Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation - X Havard

Recent conferences

• Ali, A. (2023) Embracing Diversity: Promoting Inclusivity in Higher Education through Religion Understanding, Izmir University of Economics, 17 June
• Ali, A. (2022) Inclusive teaching and supporting children and young people with ASD in mosque spiritual activities', Minhaj University Lahore Pakistan. Sep, 30
• Ali, A. (2021) ' Using phenomenology for exploring religiously sensitive issues', East Anglia University, July 7 
• Ali, A. (2021) 'Exploring Imams' perspectives on teaching religiously sensitive issues in multicultural classrooms' Bera. Sep,16
• Ali, A. (2021) " Teaching strategies for inclusive teaching of the critical interpretation of the Quran in Muslim-faith Institutues', BESA. June, 25
• Ali, A. (2019) ' Prevent Myth & Reality', Al-Hidaya, August 16
• Ali, A. (2018) ' School and parents relations in the context of Prevent Duty', Staffordshire University, May 26
• Ali, A. (2015) ' Islam and Modern Day Slavery', Tackling Modern Day Slavery Conference. December, 15

Panellist Discussion

• Ali, A. (2017) Al-Hidaya Gender Equality. Sep, 21
• Ali, A. (2022) Crisis and Hope panel debate, Derby Cathedral, June 8
• Ali, A. (2022) Climate, Faith and Peace, Derby Cathedral, Sep, 22

Training Deliver

• Ali, A. (2022) ' Religious Diversity Training', University of Derby
• Ali, A. (2022) ' Overcoming Islamophobia', University of Derby. May, 24
• Ali, A. (2022) ' Islam and Disability, University of Derby Nov, 17
• Ali, A. ( 2022) learning from a role model, MS, UK, Nov, 22
• Ali, A. (2022) ' Conflict Resolution in Islamic theology', MS UK, Dec, 3

Experience in industry

I have been working with faith communities and building bridges since 2013 and won the mosque-church twinning programme silver award in 2017. 

I worked as a Deputy Project Manager of the Erasmus project Joinme2 and the team developing a portal for Inclusive education.

International experience

I have taught in Pakistan, Sweden & UK.

In the media

• BBC: Child Sexual Abuse (2015) West Midlands, December, 10
• BBC: Derby Radio (2022). Teaching sensitive issues in the context of Bartley Grammar School. April, 21
• BBC: Derby Radio (2022) Ukrainian War: Muslim Community response, July
• Ramadan Radio Walsall Community Show. 2010 to 2017

Recent publications

• Ali, A. (2022) The effective teaching of the critical interpretation of the Quran in multilingual classrooms. Manchester: Savvy Publication
• Ali, A., Codeina, G, Shepherd, R (2022) Equality and Diversity in Higher Education UK (Book Ch submitted for publication)
• Ali, A; Codina, G (2023) Representation of disability in the Quran (Under Review)