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Out-of-Home Care Student Attendance PhD
This PhD will be part of an ARC Linkage Project titled “Fostering school attendance for students in Out-of-Home Care,” led by Professor Kitty te Riele (Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment). The Project aims to understand why young people in out of home care (OOHC) have high absences from schooling and what can be done to ameliorate this. Such work matters because school attendance is a key prerequisite for strengthening students’ education outcomes and life trajectories.
The full-time HDR project is an identified position for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants. The applicant must have a research background in education; sociology; social work; or psychology. The position comes with a total package of up to $40,000 per year, including the UTas stipend ($32,192), plus funding to assist with research costs and with maintaining community and cultural connections.
You can be based in Tasmania or interstate, and you will develop a sub-project focused on improving school attendance specifically for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students inc are. Freedom will be provided to concentrate on any of the project’s research questions in relation to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students in care, including:
– Levels of and reasons for absences from school;
– Experiences of school absences and attendance;
– Impact of policies and practices in OOHC and/or education on school attendance and;
– How these students can be supported to be at school by schools, carers, education systems and OOHC systems.
Scholarship details
Application dates
How to apply
Externally managed. Apply at https://www.utas.edu.au/research/degrees/available-projects/projects/social-sciences/out-of-home-care-student-attendance
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This scholarship is for:
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicantsAreas of study:
- Humanities, culture and social sciences
- Psychology
- Teacher education
At Institution:
- University of Tasmania
Study level:
Study Load:
- Full Time
Location:
- NSW
- NT
- SA
- QLD
- TAS
- VIC
- WA
- ACT
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
– identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and;
– have an Honours degree or equivalent in one of the following disciplines: education, sociology, social work or psychology.
How to Apply
Contact Dr Michael Guerzoni to discuss your suitability and the project’s requirements.
In your application:
– Copy and Paste the title of the project into your application – if done incorrectly your application may be rejected and;
– Submit a signed supervisory support form, a CV with details of 2 referees and your project research proposal.
Selection criteria includes:
– Academic merit and suitability to the project;
– Skills in Qualitative research and analysis or Quantitative research and anaylsis;
– Prior research with/about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children or young people in relation to education OR out of home care OR sociology;
– Good written communication skills and;
– Familiarity with yarning method.
Further Information
The successful applicant will receive a scholarship which provides:
– a living allowance stipend co-funded by ARC Linkage partner Life Without Barriers of $32, 192 per annum (2024 rate, indexed annually) for 3.5 years;
– a relocation allowance of up to $2000 and;
– a tuition fees offset covering the cost of tuition fees for up to four years (domestic applicants only).