Prisoners’ Education Trust appoints five new trustees
Prisoners’ Education Trust has appointed five new trustees, including a charity campaigner, a former Ministry of Justice senior official, and the 2019 FE Leader of the Year.
PET works closely with the press to share positive stories about the power of education and the potential of people to change. We can help with background, quotes and case studies, and can help arrange interviews with our members of staff as well as with people with lived experience of prison.
PET as been featured across national and local media, and also has a monthly column in the prison newspaper Inside Time.
Contact details: Katy Oglethorpe:
020 8 752 5676 / 07555 800 243 (out of office)
press@prisonerseducation.org.uk
Press releases
Minister welcomes MoJ research showing PET learners more likely to find work
Prisons Minister Rory Stewart has welcomed new research published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) today showing people in prison who have accessed distance learning through Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) are more likely to find work after 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.
PLA calls for new Prisons Minister to explain the termination of contracts to provide careers advice to prisoners
The Chair of the Prisoner Learning Alliance today wrote to the new Prisons Minister Rory Stewart OBE MP. He called for an explanation of why the contracts to provide careers advice for prisoners have been terminated without any apparent replacement service in place.
UCAS bans the box, promoting fair chances in higher education
UCAS will no longer require people to disclose a past conviction when applying for most university courses, in a decision that was called for by PET, Unlock and the Longford Trust.
PET in the press
‘Unacceptable’ that prisoners can’t get an education, says charity, The Big Issue, 10 July
Prisoners show the importance of education with postcard art exhibition, The Big Issue, 5 July
Science programme first at Durham’s women’s prison, The Northern Echo, 14 May
Prison education? It’s much calmer than an FE college…, FE Week, 13 May
Key to prison education handed to governors, The Guardian, 26 March
‘Prison education can unlock youngsters’ potential’, Tes, 14 March
‘Where’s the public outcry over prison education?’ – a blog by PET Alumnus David Breakspear, Tes, 11 December
Experts get lessons in jail education – from insiders, South Wales Evening Post, 19 November
The life-changing effect of prison arts programmes (featuring two PET alumni), Drugstore Culture, 25 September
PET Chief Executive Rod Clark makes the case for education to be a key part of the government’s programme to improve prisons, BBC Radio London, 17 August
HMP Haverigg prisoners embracing education as rehabilitation courses ‘deliver’, The Mail (previously known as the North-West Evening Mail), 24 July
‘The value of prison education is compelling’, Tes, 17 July
Distance learning helps prisoners into work, Tes, 12 July
Students will no longer have to declare criminal convictions on Ucas applications, iNews, 30 May
Ucas will no longer ask aspiring students about their criminal history, HuffPost UK, 30 May
Ucas to remove criminal convictions disclosure from application process, Study International, 30 May
Ucas drops need for university applicants to declare convictions, The Guardian, 29 May
Our response to the Ministry of Justice’s new Education and Employment Strategy, The Big Issue, 24 May
PET chief executive Rod Clark responds to the Ministry of Justice’s Education and Employment Strategy, Good Morning Britain on ITV, 24 May
Prisoners can now study yachting, Latin and even raising GOATS in new jail lessons, MailOnline, 6 May
