Program Overview

Children and Young People PhD/PhD by Published works

Key Facts

• Level: PostgraduatePG PhD
• Duration: PhD: Full time 2 years - 4 years, Part time 3 years - 6 years
  PhD by Published Works: 1 - 2 years
• Starting: October, March
• UK Fees 25/26 >: See Fees section
• International Fees 25/26 >: See Fees section
• Location >: Waterside

Overview

​​This Children and Young People PhD / PhD by Published Works programme offers an excellent route to expand your knowledge and research skills. We aim to create an environment which promotes internationally excellent research that has a positive impact on both practice and policy. Our Centre for Education and Research is passionate about children and young people and their place in our communities. So, if you are a graduate holding a Masters in any subject and/or have experience of working in formal, informal, or non-formal education, this might be the research area for you. Successful defence of their final thesis provides our research students with a Doctor of Philosophy which is the highest qualification that any UK university can award and offer an excellent opportunity to move into higher management and research positions within Education and aligned fields. Find more about the Centre for Education and Research.​Remember the deadline: 1 August is the application deadline for research courses starting in October and the 11 December for those starting in March.

Highlights

• ​​Membership to the Centre for Education and Research and to its Special Interest Group
• ​Students get to design their own research projects ​

Entry Requirements

Applicants are generally required to have a Masters from a UK university or overseas equivalent, in a relevant discipline (though there is some flexibility within this e.g., for students on an individual basis who have lower-level qualifications or qualifications in a different subject area, but relevant experience).

During the application process all suitable candidates will be asked to attend an interview.

• Other Entry Requirements

All offers of a place on the programme are subject to:

• ​successful interview outcome.
• availability of suitable Research Supervision Support.

​If you are applying for Research study, you will need to write a research proposal. Find out how to write a research proposal.

More detailed information about the research degrees is available on our Graduate school page.​

​If you’d like to join us as a research student, then please review the webpages below:

• ​browse our potential supervisors and propose your own research project.
• ​Find out how to apply for a MPhil/ PhD/ PhD by Published Works at the University of Northampton.​

Course Content

The Children and Young People PhD programme is a way for you to develop your specialism and gain valuable research skills and competencies.

While developing, designing, and carrying out your research project, you will receive general, discipline based and project specific training together with the support of a dedicated supervisory team enabling you to conduct your research work effectively and independently. As a member of the Centre for Education and Research you will also benefit from a community of researchers and practitioners. A PhD in Education with a specialisation in Children and Young People will enable you to find research and development roles within Education and aligned fields, or progress into an academic career.

Fees and Funding

2025/26 Tuition Fees

Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 25/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

Doctor Of Philosophy Degrees

• UK – Full Time: £5,700
• UK – Part Time: £2,845
• International – Full Time: £16,350
• International – Part Time: £7,640Doctor of Philosophy Degrees by means of Published Works

Including: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by means of published works.

• UK – Part Time: £3,600
• International – Part Time: £7,840

Please visit the funding page for more details on how to fund your study.

Staff

• Associate Professor in Education
  Faculty of Health, Education and Society

Cristina Devecchi

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