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Dr Michael Tomlinson BSc, PGCHE, PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor

Dr Michael Tomlinson is Associate Professor within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton.

His research interests are in policy, mainly in relation to higher education, labour market, employability and marketisation. He’s interested in the construction of identities and how policy and social changes impact on institutions and stakeholders. His work combines critical conceptual analysis with an interest in developing practical tools and resources that can aid future career progression.

He has received research funding from the ESRC, Higher Education Academy (Advance HE), HEFCE (OfS) and the Greek Education Ministry to develop this research agenda. He is on the editorial boards of Journal of Education and Work, British Journal of Sociology of Education and Higher Education Policy and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Eastern Finland.

He is happy to supervise prospective doctoral students in areas related to his substantive research interests.

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Research interests

Research group

Leadership, Educational Effectiveness & Policy

Research project(s)

Engaged student learning: high impact strategies to enhance student achievement

Faculty Ethics Reviewer
Editorial Board Member for Journal of Education and Work
Editorial Board Member British Journal of Sociology of Education
Editorial Board Member for Higher Education Policy

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Articles

Books

Tran, N., Pham, T., Tomlinson, M., Medica, K., & Thompson, C. (2020). Developing and utilizing employability capitals: Graduates’ strategies across labour markets. (Routledge Research in Higher Education). London: Routledge.
Tomlinson, M., & Holmes, L. (2017). Graduate Employability in Context: Theory, Research and Debate. Basingstoke, GB: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-57168-7
Tomlinson, M. (2013). Education, work and identity. London, GB: Bloomsbury.

Book Chapters

Tomlinson, M., & Tran, N. (2020). An overview of the current policy and conceptual landscape of graduate employability. In N. Tran, T. Pham, M. Tomlinson, K. Medica, & C. Thompson (Eds.), Developing and Utilizing Employability Capitals: Graduates’ Strategies across Labour Markets (pp. 1-15). (Routledge Research in Higher Education). Routledge.
Tomlinson, M. (2018). Competences, capabilities and capitals: conceptual paradigms in the educational-employment relationship. In A. Mann, P. Huddleston, & E. Kashefpakdel (Eds.), Essays on Employer Engagement in Education (pp. 53-67). Routledge.
Watermeyer, R., & Tomlinson, M. (2018). The Marketization of pedagogy and the problem of 'competitive accountability'. In E. Medland, R. Watermeyer, H. A, K. I, & L-B. S (Eds.), Pedagogical Peculiarities: Conversations at the Edge of University Teaching and Learning (pp. 87-98). Sense Publishers.
Tomlinson, M. (2017). Graduate employability in context: charting a complex, contested and multi-faceted policy and research field. In M. Tomlinson, & L. Holmes (Eds.), Graduate Employability in Context: Theory, Research and Debate (pp. 1-40). London, GB: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-57168-7_1
Tomlinson, M. (2013). Graduate employability and career progression: the significance of subjective dimensions. In Transitions to Work for Higher Education Graduates: a Portrait at the Beginning of the 21st Century Lisbon, PT: Edições Colibri.
Wallace, M., & Tomlinson, M. (2012). Contextualising leader dynamics: how public service leaders endeavour to build influence. In M. Preedy, N. Bennett, & C. Wise (Eds.), Educational Leadership: Context, Strategy and Collaboration (Published in association with The Open University). London, GB: SAGE Publications.

Conference

Evans, C., Muijs, D., & Tomlinson, M. (Accepted/In press). High impact pedagogies and student engagement in learning. Arts and Humanities. Paper presented at 2016 Higher Education Authority, Brighton, United Kingdom.

Letter/Editorial

Macfarlane, B., & Tomlinson, M. (2017). Critical and alternative perspectives on student engagement. Higher Education Policy, 30(1), 1-4. DOI: 10.1057/s41307-016-0026-4

Reports

Tomlinson, M. (2015). Access to Higher Education in England – a report on the social, educational and institutional dimensions of demand for and supply of Higher Education in England. Athens: Greek Minsistry of Education.
Tomlinson, M. (2014). Exploring the impacts of policy changes on student approaches and attitudes to learning in contemporary higher education: implications for student learning engagement. York, GB: Higher Education Academy.

Contemporary Education Issues, Problems and Policies
Employability
PhD supervision
Msc supervision

Dr Michael Tomlinson
Southampton Education School University of Southampton Building 32 Southampton SO17 1BJ United Kingdom

Room Number: 32/2049

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