Getting the new prison education contracts right
The Ministry of Justice will soon begin the bidding process for prison education provision. Here is what we know about the contracts so far.
We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
PET launches new Course Prospectus for 2022-23
Our new Course Prospectus includes courses from proofreading to wildlife, a step-by-step guide to making a course application and more!
“Blank inactivity”: annual report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons paints a grim picture
The report paints a grim picture of prisons struggling to manage, and failing to provide much needed education during lockdown and beyond.
Thanks for your support this year
PET’s Head of Fundraising and Communications takes a look back at everything we have achieved in 2021 thanks to the help of our supporters.
Prisons after lockdown: creating a positive environment for studying
In the last of three blogs on how prisons are recovering from the pandemic and what this means for prison learners, PET’s Head of Policy Francesca Cooney reflects on the changes to in-cell study and the support that learners need to succeed.
Prisons after lockdown: changing the core day
In PET’s second blog about how prisons are recovering from the pandemic, we look at the changes we would like to see to the core day.
Prisons after lockdown: restrictions, regimes and recovery
The first of three blogs about how prisons are recovering from the pandemic and what this means for prison learners.
PET launches new Course Prospectus for 2021-22
Based on feedback from learners, prison and education staff, and the expert advice team here at PET, we’ve improved and refreshed our prospectus and now offer over 120 courses to people in prison.
Children’s education in prison: “Woefully lacking and poorly delivered”
Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England are taking too long to recover from the pandemic, according to the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) Annual Report.
Evaluating the Personal, Interpersonal and Contextual dimensions of growth through Learning Together
Learning Together began in 2014 as an action research initiative. Through our research, we aimed to develop a valid questionnaire that could be reliably used to evaluate the experiences and growth of students – based both in prisons and at universities – as they participate in Learning Together.