Life Beyond: bringing the thrill of space exploration to prisons
The University of Edinburgh’s Life Beyond project inspires learners in prison to explore and produce designs of settlements beyond Earth.
We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
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.
Digital innovation catalyses learning – even amid Covid-19 restrictions
A collaboration between Learning Together, Coracle Inside and HMPPS is yielding exciting developments in the provision of digital learning.
Digital innovation catalyses learning – a case study
A new connected short course delivered at HMP Hull is supported by chromebooks through Learning Together’s partnership with Coracle Inside.
A Day With History
Despite the suspension of face-to-face education during lockdown, HMP Pentonville has found ways of keeping educational partnerships running and creating learning opportunities for people in prison.
Questions in the Sky
In this blog, Angus Jackson talks about his experience as a university student participating in Learning Together module ‘Writing Together’.
Breaking down barriers between prisoners and prison staff
Matteo Cassini from Justice Defenders talks about breaking down barriers between prisoners and prison staff through legal education in Kenya and Uganda.
Prison-university partnerships in lockdown
Three prison university partnerships come together to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their role in prisons, and what the future may hold for their work.
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.