Future students
Interested in Studying a PhD?
The Centre for Children & Young People welcomes enquiries from highly motivated and appropriately qualified people wishing to undertake postgraduate research at either Masters or Doctoral level. We are happy to discuss projects of an interdisciplinary nature that focus on children and young people. For enquiries please email Professor Anne Graham.
Information regarding Scholarships
Meet our current HDR Students
Danielle Notara
Research Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Associate Professor Sally Robinson (SCU); Professor Anne Graham (SCU); Professor Karen Fisher (UNSW)
Thesis topic: Supported decision-making for young people with cognitive disability.
Tony Watts
Research Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Professor Anne Graham (SCU); Mary Ann Powell (SCU)
Thesis topics:An exploration of student and staff perceptions of the influence of the boarding school environment on boarders’ wellbeing
Skye Tyler
Research Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Professor Anne Graham (SCU); Dr Mary Ann Powell (SCU)
Thesis topic: The relationship between Pastoral Care and Teaching and Learning in schools.
Jane Mosco
Research Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Professor Anne Graham (SCU); Dr Anne Bellert (SCU)
Thesis topic: Wellbeing of students with a dyslexic type learning profile who learn differently: Perspectives of students and teachers
Shanay Eberlein
Research Degree: MEd by Research
Supervisors: Professor Anne Graham (SCU); Dr Mary Ann Powell (SCU)
Thesis topic:Explore how the experience of distance education influences the wellbeing of students unable to participate in mainstream schooling.​