News and views

We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.

Attendees engaged in a lecture at PLAN's event 'Putting Pedagogy into Practise'

04 Dec 2019 | Events , PLAN , Research | University

Putting Prison Pedagogy into Practice

On 6th November, we held our second PLAN seminar in the current series, bringing practitioners and researchers together, from a range of disciplines, to build and strengthen the knowledge base around prison education

19 Aug 2019 | Prison/university partnerships , University study | Blogs , PUPiL , University

“I couldn’t imagine my life without it”

Rowan Mackenzie is a PhD Researcher at University of Birmingham and since early 2018 has been helping to bring Shakespeare behind bars at a number of prisons. Today we hear from Rowan and from the Gallowfield Players, a theatre company at HMP Gartree

Rosie Reynolds, co-ordinator of the PUPiL network

15 Jan 2019 | Prison/university partnerships | PUPiL , University

“Prison leavers help make our universities diverse and inclusive”

The PUPiL widening participation event in November 2018 highlighted the positive effects that university-prison partnerships can have, with speakers from Unlock and the University of Westminster.

13 Dec 2018 | Prison/university partnerships | Blogs , PUPiL , University

Linguistic Foundations: Bringing English support to partnerships

Diana Scott supports students with English language and academic skills as a foundation for their further study. Here she discusses the important role English for Academic Purposes (EAP) support can play for prison learners.