Cathy Waite

Research Fellow, School of Education Culture and Society, Faculty of Education cathy.waite@monash.edu

Core expertise

Education policy

Biography

Cathy is a research fellow in the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice. Her scholarly work is concerned with highlighting the inequalities faced by young people in contemporary Australia, and providing a voice for those on the margins.
Her work in the centre aims to inform policy and educational interventions designed to mitigate youth disadvantage, while ultimately helping to improve youth outcomes now and into the future.

articles

‘We get the raw deal out of almost everything’: A quarter of young Australians are pessimistic about having kids

Many young people are bleak about what the future holds – and this is having an impact on their plans to have children.

Education