Our letter to the CEO of HMPPS on the recovery from lockdown
We have written to Dr Jo Farrar, seeking assurance that prisons are doing all they can to restore educational opportunities as they emerge from lockdown.
We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
Reaching for the stars in prison
Charles Cockell, from Edinburgh University, discusses the successful Life Beyond project established through a partnership between Fife College and the Scottish Prison Service. Life Beyond challenges prisoners to think about science in a creative way.
“The IT’s great but that’s not enough”: Prison university partnerships and digital technology
In this blog post, we hear about how the University of Southern Queensland in Australia brought has made its courses available to students in prison through in-cell digital technology.
“Education can be an effective link to keeping families together”
In this post, Professor Tom Schuller, Chair of PLA, talks about the importance of developing partnerships between prisons and further education colleges and of continued learning through adulthood.
‘Education helps prisoners into work – its value must be harnessed’
Rod Clark responds to government research showing PET funding is helping people find work – showing education is both high-impact and good value for money.
Worshipful Company of Educators celebrate prison education staff
The eight winners of the Inspirational Educators awards included three education staff nominated by PET.
PET Annual Lecture: Introducing our speakers
Prison leaders from around the globe tell us a little more about what they will be speaking about at the PET Annual Lecture on 4 June.
Working it out: Does the new education and employment strategy add up?
On 24 May, Justice Secretary David Gauke announced a new strategy for education and employment in, and out, of prison. Much of it wasn’t new, there were positive statements of intent, and some disappointments. But is the financial investment going to be there to make it a reality?
Prisoners’ Education Trust’s response to the Ministry of Justice’s Education and Employment Strategy
Today the Ministry of Justice will be launching a new Education and Employment Strategy. This is Prisoners’ Education Trust’s response.
Lady Elizabeth Andrew OBE, 1935 – 2018
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Lady Elizabeth Andrew, founding member and patron of Prisoners’ Education Trust, who passed away on 13 January 2018, leaving an extraordinary legacy to for PET.