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Application
PhD or Professional doctorate
PhD or Professional doctorate
PhD:
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Professional doctorate:
Part-time: 4–8 years
PhD:
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Professional doctorate:
Part-time: 4–8 years
October
October
November to January
November to January
Child and youth studies is in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport. We draw on various approaches and methodologies, including those from developmental psychology, childhood and youth studies, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies. Childhood and youth studies researchers have good contacts with nurseries, preschools, primary and secondary schools, young people, and families. We are an active interdisciplinary group in various research clusters and centres.
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and an MA or research methods training at MA level (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
We are interested in research topics related in some way to the themes noted below:
UK fee
UK fee
International fee
International fee
Full-time: £5,238 per year
Full-time: £5,238 per year
Full-time: £13,289 per year
Full-time: £13,289 per year
Part-time: £2,619 per year
Part-time: £2,619 per year
Part-time: £6,645 per year
Part-time: £6,645 per year
UK fee
UK fee
International fee
International fee
Full-time: £3,986 per year
Full-time: £3,986 per year
Full-time: £10,121 per year
Full-time: £10,121 per year
Some of our research students are funded via The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership; others are self-funded.
For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.
To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see Current studentships.
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Get in touch
If you have an enquiry specific to this research topic, please contact:
Dr Helen Owton/Dr Jon Rainford, PGR Convenors for Childhood, Youth and Sport
Email: Research-Degrees-WELS@open.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1908 858268
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