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We were delighted to recently host a webinar with Jim King, Head of Education at the Scottish Prison Service, and David Seffen, Head of Prison Programmes at Belfast Metropolitan College.
Following input from PLA members and discussions with our steering committee, we are pleased to announce our new key work streams.
In September this year, the Prisoner Learning Alliance submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into black people, racism and human rights.
Paul Dance is a Creative Writing teacher at HMP Littlehey, and a 2019 winner of a PLA Outstanding Teacher award. In this webinar, he speaks with Charlie Weinberg, Executive Director of Safe Ground.
At our latest webinar, Dr Emma Palmer spoke about her evaluation on digital technology in prisons. Here, we take a look at some of the key points.
This article explores ideas heard at the final panel of Prisoner Learning Alliance’s 2020 conference, bringing together different voices in prison education to discuss some of the challenges and innovations we might see in the future.
Sarah Fitzgerald, Head of Education Quality at HMPPS, kicked off this year’s PLA conference with an update on how HMPPS is supporting education during lockdown. We provide an overview of Sarah’s key points.
Sarah Hartley, Operational Lead for Families at Novus, speaks to Fiona Curran, director of art at Koestler Arts, about supporting rehabilitation through creative arts and family engagement.
We are delighted to invite you to PLA’s upcoming, virtual half-day webinar on Tuesday 8th September, where we will explore what we want prison education to look like during this period of change and in the future.
Jamie Grundy, trainer and educator in prison and higher education joins Rod Clark, Chief Executive of the Prisoner’s Education Trust to discuss using convictions as a USP when supporting individuals into employment and higher education.
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