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Email

mary.leahy@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Education - Admin
Education
Graduate Diploma
Monash University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
PhD
Victoria University
ORCID

0000-0002-5955-0432

Dr Mary Leahy

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Education

27 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Off the beaten track: lessons from trade union education in Australia
    DOI: 10.4337/9781803923987.00013
  • 2024

    Journal article

    New angles and long walks: building regional networks through union education
    DOI: 10.1108/HER-12-2023-0034
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Navigating the matrix: career development and the responsibilisation of employability in Australia
    DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2022.2057923
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Person-centred qualifications: vocational education and training for the aged care and disability services sectors in Australia
    DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2021.2018409
  • 2021

    Journal article

    The Australian Senior Certificates: after 50 years of reforms
    DOI: 10.1007/s13384-020-00403-x
  • 2020

    Research Contracts

    Review of Pre-Accredited Programs
  • 2019

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Trade Union Training: Reshaping the Australian Industrial Landscape
Mary Leahy

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2020

    Book Chapter

    Escher’s Staircase: Higher Education and Migration in Australia
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28227-1_2
  • 2019

    Report

    A Report for the NSW Department of Education on Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Students
  • 2019

    Journal article

    School tracking and social selection in northern Italy
    DOI: 10.1177/1474904118780473
  • 2018

    Report

    Research into Senior Secondary Education in Australia: Research Report
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Educational inequality and transitions to university in Australia: aspirations, agency and constraints
    DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2017.1409101

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Three Year Collaborative Research Partnership on Vocational Education and Training (VET)
  • 2012

    Research Contracts

    From Competencies to Capabilities Project. Stage 1: Stakeholder Engagement and Research Into Vocational Streams

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