Education
Akhtar was educated at Runshaw College, Leyland. He then attended Homerton College, University of Cambridge where he read English. At both institutions, he was elected to serve as president of the students' union. In oparticular, he became the first non-white president of the Cambridge University Students Union. His work on The Little Black Book, a guide to Cambridge for ethnic minority students, won praise from the government.
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