Learning and Teaching Innovation Team

Tom Lowe
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education

Tom Lowe is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education, where his research includes student engagement in development of education, embedding employability into the curriculum and belonging. Prior to Portsmouth, Tom was the Head of Student Engagement and Employability where he led the University’s student development, internationalisation and extra-curricular opportunities, staffing and strategies relating to fostering student success at Winchester. Tom was also the programme leader for the MA in Student Engagement in Higher Education at Winchester, and has served on the RAISE Committee in various roles for eight years. Tom is experienced in the practicalities surrounding student engagement in quality assurance, learning and teaching, University governance and Students' Unions, as well as student involvement in extra-curricular activities and overcoming barriers to student success through inclusive practice.

Areas that Tom can assist you with:

Tom's Conference Presentations

Lowe, T.  10 years of Students Making Change in UK Higher Education. Change Agent Network Annual Conference, Jisc (Hertfordshire, 18th May 2023). 

Lowe, T.  Reimagining student engagement.  Student Experience and Academic Assurance – AdvanceHE (Online, 29th June 2022).

Lowe, T. Student centred engagement during COVID-19 and beyond. Association of Chartered Business Schools Annual Conference (Birmingham, 8th April 2022).

Lowe, T. Engaging distance students in their success in 2022. STEM Faculty Learning and Teaching Conference: Open University (Online, 2nd March 2022).

Lowe, T. Collaborative Working between Students and Universities: Enabling Students to be Decision Makers. The Student Engagement in Higher Education Conference 2021 – Government Events (Online, 7th December 2021).

Lowe, T. The renewed focus on student engagement and managing communications during COVID-19. Mega International Lecture Series, Amity University (Online, 2nd December 2021).

Lowe, T. Critically Reflecting on Student Residential Life & Student Engagement. Student Affairs Staff Development, St Francis University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 16th November 2021). 

Lowe, T.   Whose “Student Success” are we striving to achieve? Breaking our University bubbles to become partners in our Students’ Success – Adapting to Change: Student-Centred Success: Change Agent Network Conference (Online, 1st June 2021).

Tom's Publications

Lowe, T. (2023) Breaking Down Barriers to Postgraduate Study: Taking an Access in the “Get into Masters Study.  Widening Participation & Lifelong Learning Journal. 24(3)

Lowe, T. (2023) Advancing Student Engagement in Higher Education: Reflection, Critique and Challenge.  Abingdon: Routledge.

Lowe, T. (2022). “We did not get round to it this year” – Why educational development pace is needed for Proceed-regulated higher education. Educational Developments. Published by SEDA.

Lowe, C., Lowe, T. (2022).  Perceptions of the Challenges and Effectiveness of Students on Internal Quality Assurance Review Panels: A Study Across Higher Education Institutions. All Irish Journal of Higher Education. 14 (1).

Moxey, M., Lowe, T., Bovill, C., Bryson, C., Mike Neary, Z., LeBihan, J. Islam, M., Green, P., Marie, J. (2022).  The Postgraduate Certificate & Master’s in Student Engagement: A professional development opportunity for those who engage students in Higher Education. All Irish Journal of Higher Education. 14 (1).

Lowe, T. (2022).  The co-designed careers service – the next challenge for employability teams in higher education. Phoenix. Issue 164. Published by AGCAS.

El-Hakim, Y., Lowe T. (2021). Who are we reading and listening to? A reflection on the most recent edited collection on Student Engagement in Educational Developments. Educational Developments. Vol 22 (1) pp. 30-32. Published by SEDA.

Lowe, T., Dent, P. (2021).  Student engagement in knowledge exchange: A conceptual model based on established student engagement practice in educational development. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal. 3 (1).

Lowe, T. (2021). Applying for Senior Fellowship when not an academic. AdvanceHE. Retrieved from:    https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/senior-fellow-month-march-2021/applying-senior-fellowship-when-not-academic 

Lowe, T. (2021).  Box set degrees: does the new mode of learning enable students to box set their degrees? WONKHE. Retrieved from:  https://wonkhe.com/blogs/when-modules-become-box-sets/

Lowe, T., El-Hakim, Y. (2020). A Handbook for Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theory into Practice (Routledge, London).

Tom's Media Work

'The renewed focus on Student Engagement during COVID-19' - Tom Lowe

'Remembering our students' voices during times of change in higher education' - Tom Lowe

Employability Lab 2023: Themes for development in student engagement