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Locked down, locked out of education, Russell Webster, 7 July

Locked-up and locked-down: how prison education has fared during Covid-19, FE Week, 6 July

Prisoners’ Education Trust calls for children in prison to have access to education, Children & Young People Now, 2 July

Young prisoners ‘spending 22 hours a day in cells’ due to pandemic, charities warn, Children & Young People Now, 26 June

Inmates share inspirational prison education stories in powerful new book, The Big Issue, 9 June

Transforming lives through learning, Independent Monitor, March

‘Education in prison changed my life, every prisoner deserves the same opportunity’, Metro.co.uk, 26 February

Prison reform and pressures of social media, NCS Youth Rising podcast, 21 February

Movers and Shakers: Edition 293 – announcing PET’s new trustees, FE Week, 14 October

Who’s Moving – announcing PET’s new trustees, Civil Society, 7 October

‘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

Too many prisoners may still fall through the education net, FE Week, 20 May

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