Rate My Professor Linda Morrice

Professor Linda Morrice is Professor of Education and Migration in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sussex. She holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Sussex, awarded in 2010. Her doctoral research examined refugee learning and identity. Morrice's research specializations encompass refugee education, the integration of migrants into education systems, lifelong learning, and barriers to higher education access for refugees and asylum seekers. As Co-Director of the Centre for International Education, she advances research on international education and migration-related challenges.

Morrice has built her academic career at the University of Sussex, progressing from senior lecturer in education to her current professorial role. She teaches on undergraduate programs including BA in Childhood and Youth, PGCE, and BA in Early Years. A founding member of the University of Sussex Sanctuary Group, she previously served as Co-Chair. Her scholarly output includes the book Being a Refugee: Learning and Identity – A Longitudinal Study of Refugees in the UK (2013). Key articles feature The Promise of Refugee Lifelong Education: A Critical Review of the Field (2021), Economic Self-Reliance or Social Relations? What Works in Refugee Integration? Learning from Resettlement Programmes in Japan and the UK (2021), Will the War in Ukraine Be a Pivotal Moment for Refugee Education in Europe? (2022), Quality and Social Justice in Refugee Education: Syrian Refugee Students’ Experiences of Integration into National Education Systems in Jordan (2023), Racialised Borders in Refugee Access to Higher Education in the UK: Post-Colonial Logics in Contemporary Borders and Bordering Practices (2025), and Jordanian Teachers of Refugee Students: Street-Level Bureaucrats and Decision-Making Through Practices of Care (2025). She has submitted written evidence to UK parliamentary inquiries on integration principles and refugee support. In 2018, Morrice won the Sussex Impact Award recognizing her research's societal influence.