Wednesday Webinar: Lived Experience Leadership
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Wednesday Webinar: Good Practice in Prison Education in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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.
Wednesday Webinar: Creative Writing in Prisons
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.
Wednesday Webinar: Digital Technology in Prisons with Dr Emma Palmer
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.
Wednesday Webinar: Supporting prisoner rehabilitation through creative arts
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.
Wednesday Webinar: Jamie Grundy on Using Convictions as a USP
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.
Wednesday Webinar: Reflections on Employment with Phil Martin
Phil Martin, founder of the Ex-Seed employment agency and ex-prisoner, speaks with Penny Parker, founder of prisoner employment charity Stand Out. Phil reflects back on his time in prison and setting up a prisoner’s careers service.
Wednesday Webinar: Assistive Technology in Prison Education with Christine Franklin
Christine Franklin discusses her research in assistive technology, and how it can be used to support learners in prison, particularly those with learning difficulties and those who don’t speak English as a first language.
Wednesday Webinar: The Work of the National Literacy Trust in Prisons
In this Webinar Rod Clark, Chief Executive of the Prisoner’s Education Trust, joins Rebecca Perry from The National Literacy Trust (NTC). Although relatively new to criminal justice, The National Literacy Trust’s projects have had a great impact on prisoner learning; Rebecca outlines their successes and discusses how the organisation will continue to support prison learning in the future.
Wednesday Webinar: Shakespeare and Prison Learning with Rowan MacKenzie
In this Wednesday Webinar we hear from Rowan MacKenzie about her inspiring work, bringing Shakespeare into prisons. She speaks with Jess Plant, director of the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance, about forming prison-based theatre groups across the UK and her plans to continue transforming prison learning moving forward.