Yusuf Ahmed

Yusuf Ahmed is a Doctoral Student at the University of Oxford's Department of Education and serves as a Teaching Fellow at Markfield Institute of Higher Education, while also holding the position of Faith & Character Education Lead at a Star Academies faith school in the Midlands.

His educational qualifications include:

• BEd in Working with Children: Education & Wellbeing (First Class Honours) from UCL Institute of Education and Psychology for Education Professionals (Merit) from Birkbeck University of London (2017)
• MSc in Anthropology of Childhood, Youth & Education (Distinction) from Brunel University London (2019)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Psychology from Cambridge Muslim College (2023)
• Qur'anic memorization certification and Arabic language studies with Ijazah from Alexandria, Egypt (2011)

Yusuf's research critically examines the integration of classical Islamic approaches to psychology, educational philosophy, and values pedagogy within contemporary British school pastoral systems. His doctoral work specifically develops frameworks for implementing Islamic psychological principles in school wellbeing programs, drawing from ethnographic studies of Qur'anic memorization practices and international curriculum development experience.

His professional background combines psychotherapeutic school counselling training at the Tavistock & Portman Clinic with practical teaching experience across UK, UAE, and international development contexts in West Africa and The Levant, focusing on teacher training and Islamic Studies curriculum design.