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PET offers over 130 distance learning courses in every prison in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

We offer courses in a range of sectors – from health and social care to transport and logistics – as well as GCSEs, A-levels and Open University Access modules. Here you’ll find information about every course we offer.

Health and Social Care | NCC Home Learning | CACHE, NCFE, RQF | Level 2 | Duration: 120 hours

Nutrition and Health

This is the ideal course if you are interested in deepening your knowledge and understanding of nutrition and learning how to develop and practice healthy eating habits. You will study the principles of healthy eating, consider the nutritional needs of a variety of individuals, and find out how to use food and nutrition information to plan a healthy diet.

The course comprises of three units:

  1. Exploring the principles of healthy eating
  2. Considering the nutritional needs of a variety of individuals
  3. Using food and nutritional information to plan a healthy diet

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: Three written assignments

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? Nutrition for Physical Activity Level 3 (HFE)

Find Out More: via NCC here

 

Fitness | HFE | REPs | Level 3 | Duration: 52 hours

Nutrition to Support Physical Activity

This course helps you develop your understanding of healthy eating and key nutritional principles to support your clients’ goals. It also provides you with skills to analyse your clients’ nutritional intake so you can offer advice and develop a fitness programme. You’ll gain knowledge essential for any fitness professional, including on the digestive system, healthy eating guidelines and weight management, and design your own nutrition programme.

The course consists of the following units:

1. Digestive system
2. Carbohydrates, fats, proteins & water
3. Healthy eating guidelines
4. Weight management
5. Designing a nutrition programme

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English, plus an accredited Level 2 fitness-related qualification

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: A worksheet and a case study

Exams: One  multiple choice exam (30 minutes)

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments. Organise and invigilate exam

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? Another of HFE’s Level 3 theory courses.

Find out more: You can find more from HFE’s website here

Counselling, Mentoring and Teaching | London Teacher Training College | TQUK | Level 5 | Duration: 168 hours

OFQUAL Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate

This course is ideal if you wish to gain a professional qualification in teaching English as a foreign language – whether you are new to the profession or already have some experience. It may also be useful if you work as a mentor with learners for whom English is a second language. The course focuses on lesson planning and practical teaching skills and covers many aspects of teaching English – including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and reading.

The course consists of the following eleven units:

1.Principles of Teaching English as a Foreign Language
2.Understanding English Grammar
3.Teaching English Grammar
4.Teaching English Vocabulary
5.Teaching Productive Skills: Speaking and Writing
6.Teaching Receptive Skills: Listening and Reading
7.Materials and Aids for Teaching English
8.Teaching Pronunciation of English
9.Lesson Planning for Teaching English as a Foreign Language
10.Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Young Learners
11.Using Resources Effectively When Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English, plus any relevant Level 3 qualification (e.g. English Language A-Level)

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: Eleven written assignments

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? Education and Training Award Level 3 (NEC), or Open University Access Module YO32: People, Work and Society

Find Out More: From the LTTC here

Counselling, Mentoring and Teaching | Hafren Training | Agored Cymru | Level 2 | Duration: 30 hours

Peer Mentoring Certificate

Developed by PET and co-written by prison peer mentors, this course will be useful for mentors in all roles – including healthcare, workshops and education. You will focus on developing transferable mentoring skills that will be valuable after release, particularly for those looking to work or volunteer in a social care setting. The course explores the concept and theory of mentoring, including communication, listening, boundaries and confidentiality, and reflection.

The course consists of 9 units:

  1. Mentoring – so what is it?
  2. Let’s Talk Communication
  3. More Personal Baggage Than a Coach Tour
  4. Listening – Er, What?
  5. Mentoring – So What’s It Good For?
  6. ‘Nuff Said! – Boundaries and Confidentiality
  7. Mentoring – Stages and Barriers, and Stages of a Mentoring Relationship
  8. Mirror, Mirror – Time for Reflection
  9. Information

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: Fifteen written assignments

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments

Tutor Support: None

What’s Next? Understanding Mental Health Care Level 3 (NCC)

Find Out More: The course was featured in a recent issue of Inside Time – read here.

PET Short Courses | PET | Unaccredited | Level 2 | Duration: 5 hours

PET Short Course – Business, Accounting and Bookkeeping

If you are thinking about making a start with distance learning and looking for useful tips to help you on the way, PET's short courses are a great place to start. With our short courses, there’s no pressure: you won’t need to submit assignments or sit an exam. Instead it’s an opportunity for you get a taste of distance learning, working at your own pace. By giving you the chance to experience studying with PET, you can prepare to embark on a full distance learning course and be confident you’ll hit the ground running.

This course aims to give you a taste of what it is like to study courses related to business, accounting and bookkeeping at Level 2 and above. Courses in these three areas are very popular amongst prisoner learners. Increased knowledge of cashflow, planning and marketing can be of great benefit in day to day life.

This is a FREE course which is printable via the Prison Staff Log-in page of our website. There is no need to apply for funding to PET.

The course contains five units:

  1. Time Management
  2. Reading and Noting
  3. Academic Writing: Clear Communication
  4. Essays and Exams
  5. Making the Most of Distance Learning

Entry Requirements: Level 1 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based (available for download)

Assignments: None – instead, the course contains a series of self-assessed exercises. (Answer sheets are also included).

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Print the course and distribute to learner.

Tutor Support: No

What’s Next? Once you have achieved Level 2 English and Maths, you can apply for any PET course related to business, accounting or book-keeping

Find Out More: On the Prison Staff log-in page of our website.

PET Short Courses | PET | Unaccredited | Level 2 | Duration: 5 hours

PET Short Course – Construction, Trades, Health and Safety

If you are thinking about making a start with distance learning and looking for useful tips to help you on the way, PET's short courses are a great place to start. With our short courses, there’s no pressure: you won’t need to submit assignments or sit an exam. Instead it’s an opportunity for you get a taste of distance learning, working at your own pace. By giving you the chance to experience studying with PET, you can prepare to embark on a full distance learning course and be confident you’ll hit the ground running.

This course aims to give you a taste of what it is like to study courses related to construction, or health and safety at Level 2 and above. Courses in these three areas are very popular amongst prisoner learners, and can increase employment prospects in the construction industry upon release.

This is a FREE course which is printable via the Prison Staff Log-in page of our website. There is no need to apply for funding to PET.

The course contains five units:

  1. Time Management
  2. Reading and Noting
  3. Academic Writing: Clear Communication
  4. Essays and Exams
  5. Making the Most of Distance Learning

Entry Requirements: Level 1 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based (available for download)

Assignments: None – instead, the course contains a series of self-assessed exercises. (Answer sheets are also included).

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Print the course and distribute to learner.

Tutor Support: No

What’s Next? Once you have achieved Level 2 English, you can apply for one of PET’s Level 2 construction and health and safety courses.

Find Out More: On the Prison Staff log-in page of our website.

PET Short Courses | PET | Unaccredited | Level 2 | Duration: 5 hours

PET Short Course – Mental Health and Counselling

If you are thinking about making a start with distance learning and looking for useful tips to help you on the way, PET's short courses are a great place to start. With our short courses, there’s no pressure: you won’t need to submit assignments or sit an exam. Instead it’s an opportunity for you get a taste of distance learning, working at your own pace. By giving you the chance to experience studying with PET, you can prepare to embark on a full distance learning course and be confident you’ll hit the ground running.

This course aims to give you a taste of what it is like to study courses related to counselling or mental health at Level 2 and above. Increased knowledge of these areas are useful for everyday life, and can open the door to further study, as well as potentially finding volunteering or employment in this sector.

This is a FREE course which is printable via the Prison Staff Log-in page of our website. There is no need to apply for funding to PET.

The course contains five units:

  1. Time Management
  2. Reading and Noting
  3. Academic Writing: Clear Communication
  4. Essays and Exams
  5. Making the Most of Distance Learning

Entry Requirements: Level 1 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based (available for download)

Assignments: None – instead, the course contains a series of self-assessed exercises. (Answer sheets are also included).

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Print the course and distribute to learner.

Tutor Support: No

What’s Next? Once you have achieved Level 2 English, you can apply for any PET course related to health and social care, or counselling.

Find Out More: On the Prison Staff log-in page of our website.

PET Short Courses | PET | Unaccredited | Level 2 | Duration: 5 hours

PET Short Course – Sports and Nutrition

If you are thinking about making a start with distance learning and looking for useful tips to help you on the way, PET's short courses are a great place to start. With our short courses, there’s no pressure: you won’t need to submit assignments or sit an exam. Instead it’s an opportunity for you get a taste of distance learning, working at your own pace. By giving you the chance to experience studying with PET, you can prepare to embark on a full distance learning course and be confident you’ll hit the ground running.

This course aims to give you a taste of what it is like to study courses related to sport and nutrition at Level 2 or above. It will improve your knowledge of anatomy and health, and may help with obtaining work or volunteering opportunities as a fitness instructor.

This is a FREE course which is printable via the Prison Staff Log-in page of our website. There is no need to apply for funding to PET.

The course contains five units:

  1. Time Management
  2. Reading and Noting
  3. Academic Writing: Clear Communication
  4. Essays and Exams
  5. Making the Most of Distance Learning

Entry Requirements: Level 1 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based (available for download)

Assignments: None – instead, the course contains a series of self-assessed exercises. (Answer sheets are also included).

Exams: None

Prison Support Requirements: Print the course and distribute to learner.

Tutor Support: No

What’s Next? Once you have achieved Level 2 English, you can apply for any PET course related to fitness or nutrition

Find Out More: On the Prison Staff log-in page of our website.

A-Levels | NEC | AQA | A-Level | Duration: 150 hours

Philosophy A-Level Part 1

This course delves into some of life’s fundamental questions – about existence, knowledge and ethics. You’ll deepen your understanding of human beings and free will, and consider questions about God’s existence and what knowledge is. This course also improves transferable skills, such as independent studies and the ability to explore and evaluate concepts.

You will not have the option to take the AS exam at the end of Part 1 of this course. After completing Part 1, you should apply for Part 2. Having completed both parts, you can then take the full A-Level exams which will cover everything learned in Part 1 and 2.

The course consists of five lessons:

  1. Introduction to Epistemology (Philosophical terminology, what is knowledge? Responses to Gettier)
  2. Perception as a Source of Knowledge (Direct realism, indirect realism, Berkeley’s idealism)
  3. Reason as a Source of Knowledge (rationalism empiricism, innatism, intuition and deduction, empiricist responses, scepticism)
  4. Normative Ethical Theories (utilitarianism, Kantian deontological ethics, Aristotelian virtue ethics)
  5. Meta-Ethics and Applied Ethics (moral realism, moral anti-realism, applied ethics)

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: Six written assignments. These do not count towards the final grade.

Exams: None – go straight to Part 2

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? Philosophy A-Level Part 2

Find Out More: From NEC here

A-Levels | NEC | AQA | A-Level | Duration: 150 hours

Philosophy A-Level Part 2

This course delves into some of life’s fundamental questions – about existence, knowledge and ethics. You’ll deepen your understanding of human beings and free will, and consider questions about God’s existence and what knowledge is. This course also improves transferable skills, such as independent studies and the ability to explore and evaluate concepts.

The course contains five lessons that follow on from Part 1:

  1. Metaphysics of God, 1: Arguments for the existence of God (the concept of God, the design argument, the cosmological argument)
  2. Metaphysics of God, 2 (the ontological argument, the problem of evil, religious language)
  3. Metaphysics of Mind 1 (substance dualism, philosophical behaviourism, mind-brain identity theory, eliminative materialism)
  4. Metaphysics of Mind 2 (functionality, property dualism)

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English, plus Philosophy A-Level Part 1

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: Five written assignments. These do not contribute towards the final grade.

Exams: Two exams – each are 3 hours long, and contribute 50% towards the final grade. (Funding not included – you will need to re-apply to PET for the exam fees).

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments. Organize and invigilate exams.

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? Open University Access Module Y032 People, Work and Society

Find Out More: From NEC here

 

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