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Reading text books

30 Apr 2019 | Fundraising | Blogs

Help us mark our 30th birthday in style

For 30 years, we’ve been helping prisoners change their lives through education. In this blog, our Head of Fundraising Cassie outlines all the ways you can get involved and help us mark this significant birthday.

25 Apr 2019 | 30th birthday , Fundraising , PET news | Distance Learning

Welcome to our new website

Our new site is clearer, quicker and more accessible – a hub for supporters, prison staff, and alumni alike.

26 Feb 2019 | Distance learning , PET news | Distance Learning

Most popular courses revealed

Read a rundown of 2018’s ten most popular courses and hear from some of our learners.

Drawing on whiteboard

29 Jan 2019 | Learner voice | Distance Learning

Learning from our learners

We want to learn from the men and women who we fund – to gain perspectives that are honest, personal and rooted in reality. So recently we held workshops in three prisons to find out their perspectives.

19 Dec 2018 | PET news | Blogs

“Thank you for your brilliant support”

In this blog, our Head of Fundraising Cassie rounds up a terrific year of fundraising challenges and campaigns and makes clear just how important your support is.

Writing on a whiteboard

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.

06 Dec 2018 | Governance | Press release

PET appoints new Chair

Elisabeth Davies, a specialist in public policy, has been named as the new Chair of Prisoners’ Education Trust, taking over the position from Alexandra Marks CBE.

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