Dr Linda Morrice

Biography

Linda is Senior Lecturer in Education. Prior to joining the University of Sussex in 2004 she worked in adult and community education for seventeen years.

She has a BA (Hons) in Social Anthropology, a PgDip in Lifelong Learning, an MA in Education Studies and a Doctorate in Education.

Her research interests focus on lifelong learning and higher education, migration, identity, and issues of diversity and social inclusion.

Her most recent book, Being a refugee: learning and identity. A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK, was published by Trentham Books in 2011. 

Role

Linda is course leader for the Education Doctorate in the Education department.

She teaches on the Doctorate of Education and Doctorate of Social Work degrees, the BA Working with Children and Young People and the MA in International Education and Development.

Linda is a member of Council and Honorary Treasurer of SCUTREA (Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults).

She is co-convener and co-founder of the ESREA (European Society for Research in the Education of Adults) Research Network on Migration, Ethnicity, Racism and Xenophobia.

Linda is a member of the editorial board of Studies in the Education of Adults and the editorial board of ESREA (European Society for Research in the Education of Adults) book series Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. Sense Publishers.

 Selected Publications

Morrice (out to peer review) Research with Refugees and Asylum Seekers: negotiating methodological and ethical issues, Oral History Review

 Morrice (2013) Learning and Refugees: Recognising the darker side of transformative learning, Adult Education Quarterly.Vol.63, Issue 3, August 2013 pp. 251 - 271. (DOI: 10.1177/0741713612465467).

Morrice (2013) Refugees in Higher Education: Boundaries of belonging and recognition, stigma and exclusion, International Journal of Lifelong Education (DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2012.761288)

Morrice L (2011) Being a Refugee: Learning and Identity. A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK (Stoke-on-Trent, Trentham Books)

Morrice L (2009) ‘Journeys into Higher Education: the case of refugees in the UK'. In: Teaching in Higher Education. Vol. 14, no. 6, December 2009 pp 663-674

Morrice L (2008) Identity and learning narratives: the story of a Zimbabwean refugee in the UK. In: Merrill B and Gonzalez Monteguardo, J (Eds) (2010) Educational Journeys and Changing Lives. University of Seville.

Houghton A-M and Morrice L. (2008) Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants. Steps on the education and employment progression journey. Leicester: NIACE.

Morrice L, Addise J, Shaafi F, Woolridge E. (2007) 'Finding a voice: refugees in research', in Hart A, Maddison E, Wolff D, Community-University partnerships in practice, pg. 108-121. Leicester: NIACE

Morrice L. (2007) 'Lifelong learning and the social integration of refugees in the UK: the significance of social capital'. In International Journal of Lifelong Education.Vol 26 No 2 (March-April), pg 155-172. 

Armstong P, Boice M, Coare P, Morrice L. (Eds) (2005) Diversity and Difference in Lifelong Learning. The proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of SCUTREA : Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. Falmer: University of Sussex.

Morrice L. (2005), 'Lifelong learning and the "outsider": the case of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK'. In: Diversity and Difference in Lifelong Learning. The proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of SCUTREA : Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. Falmer: University of Sussex.

Morrice L. (2005), 'Ways into work'. In Adults learning, vol. 16, no. 7, April 2005 Pg 12-14. NIACE: Leicester.

Community and Business

Linda worked with the community and voluntary sector across Sussex to develop a Foundation Degree in Community Development and a range of Continuing Professional Development modules relevant to the sector.

From 2009-2011 she was the lead for the Centre for Work and Learning at the University (www.centreforworkandlearning.org.uk), working with local employers and businesses to develop responsive professional training opportunities.

Linda is a Trustee of the Friends Centre in Brighton, an Independent Adult Education Centre.

Linda's research interests cover adult, higher education and lifelong learning theory, policy and practice, especially informal, community and inter-cultural dimensions of learning. She has developed a focus on refugee and migration studies which has fostered an interdisciplinary approach to her research and enabled her to explore issues of learning, social inclusion, citizenship and identity from a distinctive and unique perspective. She has expertise in life history, biographical and narrative research methodologies.

She has a particular interest in participative and peer research and has worked with refugee community researchers on several projects. One of her most recent research projects - Hidden Histories: Intercultural Dialogue - involved working with refugees to research, collect and archive the oral histories of migrants in Brighton and Hove. A website of the project can be found at: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cce/hiddenhistories/migrantsbrighton

Linda has recently completed research on ways of expanding and improving part-time higher education in the UK. This research is commissioned by the Institute for Employment Studies and funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.

 Her most recent book is published by Trentham Books:

Morrice L (2011) Being a Refugee: Learning and Identity. A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK  http://trentham-books.co.uk/acatalog/Being_a_Refugee.html

Linda teaches and supervises students on the Education Doctorate and Social Work Doctorate. She also teaches on the BA in Working with Children and Young People and supervises dissertation students on The MA in International Education and Development.

Previously Linda has taught numerous courses, including:

• Culture, Politics and Values in Lifelong Learning (MA in Lifelong Learning)
• Independent Research in Lifelong Learning (MA in Lifelong Learning)
• Academic and Research Skills (MA in International Education and Development)
• Concepts in Culture and Community (BA in Culture and Community)
• Action Research (Foundation Degree in Community Development)
• Researching Ourselves: Migrant Oral Histories (CCE Open Course)

Student Consultation

Generally, I will be available for student consultations between 10 am and 11 am on Monday mornings, but please email me in adavnce. I am happy to meet students at other times - please email me to arrange a convenient time.

Morrice, Linda (2013) Learning and Refugees: Recognising the Darker Side of Transformative Learning. Adult Education Quarterly, 63 (3). pp. 251-271. ISSN 0741-7136

Morrice, Linda (2013) Refugees in Higher Education: Boundaries of belonging and recognition, stigma and exclusion. International Journal of Lifelong Education. ISSN 0260-1370

Morrice, Linda (2011) Being a refugee: learning and identity. A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK. Trentham Books. ISBN 9781858564906

Morrice, Linda (2010) Identity and learning narratives: the story of a Zimbabwean refugee in the UK. In: Educational Journeys and Changing Lives. University of Seville, Seville, pp. 275-286. ISBN 9788469315545

Morrice, Linda (2009) Journeys into Higher Education: the case of refugees in the UK. Teaching in Higher Education, 14 (6). pp. 661-672. ISSN 13562517

Morrice, Linda and Houghton, Anne Marie (2008) Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants. Steps on the education and employment progression journey. Leicester: NIACE. NIACE. ISBN 9781862019621