The MCYS team brings together academics and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including Sociology, History, Criminology, Linguistics, Politics, English and Classics.
We offer a range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and CPD courses.
Winner of the Times Higher Education Award for Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative 2019
Our Research
MCYS is an award-winning interdisciplinary research centre specialising in participatory, youth-informed research that positively influences the lives of young people.
News
Reports
Revised PYP Framework
Co-created with justice-involved children and developed and embedded over the last five years across the Greater Manchester region, PYP has been revised and updated to take account of current research evidence. Download the framework(PDF)
“My research focuses on youth led research with children and young people in the youth justice system."
Professor Hannah Smithson
Director of the MCYS
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Contact Us
Get in touch with the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies team
Reports
Download our 2022 Annual Report