HMP Pentonville students draw up prison education manifesto
As part of HMP Pentonville’s commemorative book marking their partnership with PET, residents have written a manifesto for improving prison education.
We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
PET launches Peer Mentor course co-written by people in prison
PET has launched a new accredited Peer Mentor course, co-written by prison peer mentors and the people they support.
“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.
Coronavirus: an update for prison and education staff
We are doing all we can at Prisoners’ Education Trust to continue to provide courses and to offer support to learners in prison.
Donate to our COVID-19 appeal
Right now the courses and support PET provides are more vital than ever. That’s why we need your help to launch our first ever freephone advice line.
“Keep well, keep hopeful, keep connected” – how universities can support prisons during Covid-19
In this blog, we hear from Learning Together and Rowan Mackenzie about how they have adapted their work to meet the challenges of the lockdown.
Coronavirus: support for family and friends of prison learners
If you are supporting a family member or friend with their PET course, find out what coronavirus means for their studies and what help is available.
Making Links in Brazil and Argentina
In this blog post we hear from Sacha Darke, a senior lecturer at University of Westminster, who recently travelled to South America to visit existing and developing higher education prison initiatives.
Children’s education in custody: “Too many failed by the system”
At any one time, up to 1000 children can be in prisons or secure training centres. Francesca Cooney, our Head of Policy, reviews the recent report from HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) on children in custody and outlines what it tells us about access to education.
“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.