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Journeys into Higher Education: the case of refugees in the UK

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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:37 authored by Linda MorriceLinda Morrice
Higher Education (HE) is one of the routes that refugees who come to the UK from professional and highly educated backgrounds can re-establish their lives and professional identities. This research follows up a group of such refugees who were the first cohort on a programme designed to support refugees gain access to HE or appropriate employment. The findings highlight the challenges facing the group over the three year period since the course finished and the long and often complicated journey into HE. The paper uses Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital and habitus to theorise the experiences of the refugees. It is suggested that an understanding of HE and the UK employment market as cultural fields enables a shift of focus away from refugees as deficient or lacking and instead encourages reflection upon what these fields fail to give value to or recognise.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Teaching in Higher Education

ISSN

13562517

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

6

Volume

14

Page range

661-672

Pages

12.0

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  • Education Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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