| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
| PhD or Professional doctorate |
PhD:
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Professional doctorate:
Part-time: 4–8 years |
October |
November to January |
Qualifications
PhD or Professional doctorate |
Duration
PhD:
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years
Professional doctorate:
Part-time: 4–8 years |
Start dates
October |
Application period
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.
Entry requirements
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.
Potential research projects
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’.
- The Alliance for Youth Justice (AYJ) have published an Evidence Review for the 'Young People in Transition in the Criminal Justice System' project. The three-year project, funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust, is examining the experiences of children and young people turning 18 while in contact with the justice system, exploring issues spanning the youth and adult criminal justice systems and wider support systems.
Current research projects
- Supporting Adolescent girls' Education
- SAGE researches girls' aspirations for their education and futures and what is working in community education
Potential supervisors
Fees and funding
PhD fees
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: £4,786 per year |
Full-time: £12,146 per year |
| Part-time: £2,393 per year |
Part-time: £6,073 per year |
Professional doctorate fees
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Part-time: £3,643 per year |
Part-time: £9,250 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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