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Postgraduate Studies

Masters and PhD Studies

Master of Education

The Master of Education is ideal for practising professionals in a broad range of fields related to education and youth policy & research.

Many of the Masters qualifications can be taken as either coursework or research degrees. For further information about the possibilities within the Master of Education at  The University of Melbourne, visit the course website, or contact the Education Student Centre.

Master of Youth Health and Education Management

The Master of Youth Health and Education Management is designed to provide knowledge, skills and processes to enable education, health and welfare professionals to engage in effective cross-sectoral work with young people.
This degree is a joint program of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Teaching is informed by the current research of the Youth Research Centre, the Centre for Adolescent Health and the Student Wellbeing Unit.

Details of the Master of Youth Health and Education Management, including an overview of the course, course subjects, entry requirements and fees can be found by following the link.

PhD Studies

General information about undertaking PhD studies within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education is available by following the link.

If your research interests are in the area of youth research, and you would like to further discuss one of the Youth Research Centre’s staff members supervising your PhD, please contact the staff member directly.

The Centre currently has 12 students at various stages of completing their PhD studies. Most of these students are housed at the Centre which provides desk space and IT access for these students.

The table (below) indicates the range of topics undertaken in recent years by students supervised, or co-supervised, by YRC staff.

Candidate Subject/title Supervisors

Helen Cahill

Role and learning
Awarded in 2008

Johanna Wyn and John O’Toole

Helen Stokes

Young people negotiating change: what difference does education make?

Johanna Wyn

J.Green

Bringing Literacy to Life: investigating literacy in health promotion
Awarded in 2008

Johanna Wyn and Joe Lo Bianco

Juliet Watson

Young homeless women

Johanna Wyn and Ani Wierenga

Jacqui Hodder

Young people’s spiritual beliefs

Johanna Wyn and Ani Wierenga

Dan Woodman

Young people shaping their worlds

Johanna Wyn and Tim Marjoribanks

Hernan Cuervo

Rural education and social justice

Johanna Wyn

David Farrugia

Stigma and the young homeless

Johanna Wyn and Ani Wierenga

Samantha Ratnam

Young people and global citizenship

 Johanna Wyn and Ani Wierenga

Julia Coffey

Young women’s imagined futures

Johanna Wyn and Tim Marjoribanks

Andrew Funston

First year in higher education: A qualitative study of students’ first year experience

Johanna Wyn and Julie McLeod

Siobhan Hannan

Kindergarten children’s acquisition of a second language

Johanna Wyn and Jo Lo Bianco

Lyn Longaretti

Wellbeing and transitions into secondary school

Johanna Wyn

Michael Prabarahan

Young people’s metacognition of world views

Johanna Wyn and Ani Wierenga

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