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.
We feature the latest news about our work and share views from our staff and other prison education experts.
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.
2019’s top ten distance learning courses revealed
In 2019 we helped people in prison start just over 1,700 courses. Discover last year’s movers and shakers as we reveal the ten most popular choices.
Ofsted Annual Report: a concerning picture of prison education
The Ofsted Annual Report paints a concerning picture of prison education, with many prisons still not showing enough signs of improvement. PET’s Head of Policy takes a look at what needs to change.
“For some patients, education may be one of the few therapies they engage with”
The John Howard Centre is a medium-secure forensic hospital for adults. In this post, Miles Mantle talks about the meaning patients find in education and its rehabilitative effects.