Behind bars, thinking of Mars: Life in space project opens up to prisoners
In a futuristic collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and digital learning company Coracle, inmates are being encouraged to design spaceships and moon bases and…
Prison Education and Offender Learning
Novus and Total People join forces with Timpson Group to pioneer first apprenticeships for prisoners
Leading prison education provider also partners with Greene King to offer prisoners new routes to stable employment upon release Leading prison education provider Novus and…
Milton Keynes College Group and RMF Construction to pioneer prison apprenticeships
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that from 1st October, prisoners will be eligible to take up apprenticeships, and Milton Keynes College Group (MKCG)…
Why real-world training has never been more important for those behind bars
Getting a job is one of the single most important factors in preventing former prisoners from reoffending once they leave prison. Being employed provides them…
The Chaotic Educational Divide in Prison
In 2016, I was honoured to be asked to sit on an expert panel with Dame Sally Coates, senior members of HMPPS, and leaders of…
New AoC Report: The Vision for Prison Education – A provider perspective
AoC new report: Prisoners are learning in “Victorian” classrooms with funding a “race to the bottom” – educators say Colleges are calling for proper funding…
Time to Unlock Prison Education
As Einstein was supposed to have said, (although probably never did), “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” I’ve…
‘Chaotic’ prison education system in need of overhaul
Education must be at heart of prison system, say MPs, as new report highlights freefall in quality of and engagement with existing provision Almost two…
Strong signs of recovery across education, but challenges remain say Ofsted – Sector response
@Ofstednews has today (4 Apr) published the second set of reports in a series looking at the pandemic’s continued impact on education providers. The reports…
Learning to read is a fundamental right – but in prison, the incentives are all wrong
“You’ve got to better yourself. I don’t want to be back in a dead-end situation.” These are the words of Jake, a prisoner who contributed…