Postcards from prison: helping keep families connected
The This Small Change project is asking museums and galleries to offer postcards to prisoners, to help alleviate the conditions they are facing during lockdown.
The This Small Change project is asking museums and galleries to offer postcards to prisoners, to help alleviate the conditions they are facing during lockdown.
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.
Our Big Give Christmas Challenge is now live, where you can double your donation! Your support can be a lifeline for learners.
Prisoners’ Education Trust has been recommended by the Good Giving List, the UK’s first thoroughly-vetted list of effective UK charities.
Our two new trustees include a trained counsellor and a corporate director with experience in the housing, care and support sector.
The annual report paints a grim picture of prisons struggling to manage and failing to provide much needed education and activities.
In our submission to the Commission on Young Lives, we highlight the poor treatment of children in prisons and secure training centres.
Working with learners, PET’s Welsh Prison Project have made an animation about the successes and achievements of people studying in prison.
New government research shows the positive impact of education for people supported by Prisoners’ Education Trust goes beyond finding work.
Prisoners’ Education Trust has appointed Jon Collins as its new chief executive, as people in prison enter their tenth month in lockdown.
Matteo Cassini from Justice Defenders talks about breaking down barriers between prisoners and prison staff through legal education in Kenya and Uganda.
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.
On 6th November, we held our second PLAN seminar in the current series, bringing practitioners and researchers together, from a range of disciplines, to build and strengthen the knowledge base around prison education
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.
Rowan Mackenzie is a PhD Researcher at University of Birmingham and since early 2018 has been helping to bring Shakespeare behind bars at a number of prisons. Today we hear from Rowan and from the Gallowfield Players, a theatre company at HMP Gartree
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Researcher Rowan MacKenzie from the Shakespeare Institute started volunteering in HMP Gartree in early 2018, facilitating drama workshops and working towards a performance of Macbeth. From this, the Gallow Field Players was formed – a theatre company who work with Rowan to put on performances of Shakespeare plays for their families, and prison and university staff – to rave reviews! You can read more about the partnership here.
Six talented artists from prisons across England have won PET’s Paint-a-Postcard competition, celebrating the charity’s 30th anniversary. The cards then carried messages from over 50 serving prisoners, explaining what education meant to them.
30 veterans in prison have been offered a fresh start through learning thanks to generous support from ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.
As part of a partnership between Lincoln College and HMP Lincoln, Leasha Pridmore, a student studying Art and Design Foundation, has spent a semester running art workshops in the prison.
With this qualification, you’ll improve your understanding of human behaviour and interaction and explore issues around race, inequality and religion. You will get the opportunity to develop transferable skills like critical analysis, as well as independent thinking and research.
PET offers A-levels in two parts. Upon completing Part 1, you can choose either to take your AS exam (a qualification marking the first year of a full A-level) or continue on to Part 2 to build up to a full A-level.
The course consists of the following units:
Entry Requirements: Level 2 English and Maths
Assignments: Six written assignments. These do not contribute toward the final grade.
Exams: Two, each are 1 hour 30 minutes, and contribute 50% of the overall 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 facilitate exams.
Tutor Support: Yes
What’s Next? Sociology A-Level Part 2
Find Out More: From NEC here
Thanks to your inspiring support, we raised over £30,000 for women in prison during the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Your support is already making a difference to women studying in prisons across England and Wales. Read about the steps they’re taking to build themselves brighter futures.
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.
On 24 May, Justice Secretary David Gauke announced a new strategy for education and employment in, and out, of prison. Much of it wasn’t new, there were positive statements of intent, and some disappointments. But is the financial investment going to be there to make it a reality?
Today the Ministry of Justice will be launching a new Education and Employment Strategy. This is Prisoners’ Education Trust’s response.
As of the end of March 2018, all careers advisers in England will lose their jobs. We explain why this matters and how we are responding.
PET joined children and their fathers at HMP Parc to produce an animated film showing the positive impact of education inside.
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