Owen is the Director of the UK Council for Graduate Education, where he leads the Council’s advocacy on a range of issues in postgraduate affairs, most recently in relation to widening participation. Owen has a background in engaging academic research in public policy, having previously worked as Programme Director for an educational charity, where he sought to build interdisciplinary collaborations on a range of social policy issues.
A keen advocate of partnerships between academia and the voluntary sector, he has managed a series of fixed term post-doctoral positions in the voluntary sector, developed a doctoral placement scheme, and served as a collaborative supervisor for a PhD studentship. Owen has a PhD in Philosophy, has published in his field and co-edited a book for Ashgate, and has taught at Birkbeck, KCL, and Royal Holloway. He is a member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Email: owen.gower@ukcge.ac.uk