Mary Leahy

Navigating the matrix: career development and the responsibilisation of employability in Australia

Suzanne Rice, Mary Leahy, Gosia Klatt

Journal article  |  2022  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING

In this paper we seek to understand how structural, contextual and institutional conditions influence the construction of individu..

Person-centred qualifications: vocational education and training for the aged care and disability services sectors in Australia

Mary Leahy

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND WORK

In Australia and elsewhere, aged care and disability services are being transformed by the introduction of person-centred approach..

The Australian Senior Certificates: after 50 years of reforms

John Polesel, Shelley Gillis, Anne Suryani, Mary Leahy, Stanley Koh

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER

This article maps current senior secondary certification arrangements in Australia, drawing on data on school completion rates, ce..

Escher’s Staircase: Higher Education and Migration in Australia

Mary Leahy, John Polesel, Shelley Gillis

Book Chapter  |  2020

A Report for the NSW Department of Education on Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Students

John Polesel, Shelley Gillis, Mary Leahy, Hugh Guthrie, M Klatt, Anne Suryani, John Firth

Report  |  2019

This report presents the findings of an external review and analysis of relevant recent practices, research and data on the delive..

School tracking and social selection in northern Italy

John Polesel, Mary Leahy

Journal article  |  2019  |  EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL

The links between tracked secondary schooling and social selection form part of a complex narrative regarding educational inequali..

Research into Senior Secondary Education in Australia: Research Report

John Polesel, Shelley Gillis, Anne Suryani, Mary Leahy, Hak Hiang Koh

Report  |  2018

Educational inequality and transitions to university in Australia: aspirations, agency and constraints

John Polesel, Mary Leahy, Shelley Gillis

Journal article  |  2018  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

This paper is based on research into the destinations and aspirations of school leavers in Australia. It investigates the relation..

What if you're not going to university? Improving senior secondary education for young Australians

J Polesel, M Leahy, S Rice, S Gillis, K Clarke

Book Chapter  |  2017

This chapter examines the transitions young people make from schools to further study and employment in Australia. These transitio..

Career development: Quality of provision in NSW schools

Suzanne Rice, Shelley Gillis, John Polesel, Suzanne NORTH, Nicole Dulfer, Gosia Klatt, Jiang-Li Tan, Mary Leahy

Report  |  2016