Youth and Transitions | Research Degrees

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Award Award	Duration Duration	Start dates Start dates	Application 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

Young people are often offered the hope that progress through education will lead to secured jobs, and that the situation of their families and that of their children will be better. However, young people across the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries, face increasingly complex life transitions, including school-to-work transitions, family transition and housing transition amid jobless growth in most countries.

Our research focuses on ‘just transitions’ within diverse contexts (social class, gender, ethnicity etc.) and places, and explores links to young people’s wellbeing and livelihoods. Areas of particular interest are young people’s life course transitions and various forms of adult status; young people’s agency and capability in negotiating structural barriers, injustices and power at the intersections of education, employment, housing and family life; the social and economic factors, as well as the local and global conditions, that shapes youth aspiration and transitions for deeper understandings of contemporary ‘just transitions’.

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.

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year	Full-time: £12,705 per year Full-time: £12,705 per year
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year	Part-time: £6,353 per year Part-time: £6,353 per year

UK fee UK fee	International fee International fee
Full-time: £3,811 per year Full-time: £3,811 per year	Full-time: £9,676 per year Full-time: £9,676 per year

Some of our research students are funded via the Faculty or 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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