Novus to commence delivery of Prisoner Education Service contract across the West Midlands

Leading prison education provider will continue delivering education and training to support individuals in finding employment after release Novus will deliver education in public prisons…

Novus to support Sheffield offenders into jobs through flagship Connect to Work programme

Novus Transforming Lives will deliver the major new employment programme in Sheffield, focusing on helping prison leavers to find work and thrive Prison leavers returning…

Shifting the Apprenticeship Focus on Young People is a Positive Step

Extra funding incentives for employers and new foundation apprenticeship sectors among the raft of new reforms from the DWP to support young people The government’s…

Novus to deliver education provision at HMP Forest Bank

Novus Transforming Lives (NTL) has been appointed to deliver education provision at HMP Forest Bank in Salford, Greater Manchester. NTL, a subsidiary of the LTE…

UCEN Manchester awarded Degree Awarding Powers to complete hat-trick of quality milestones

UCEN Manchester is excited to announce it has successfully secured Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs) from the Office for Students (OfS), enabling it to develop and…

Growth in Merseyside’s Job Market Highlights Skills Gaps in Key Industry Sectors

Labour market analysis conducted by leading prison education provider Novus has projected that job creation in Merseyside will continue at pace until 2030 creating a…

Strong contribution to skills as College graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted   

The Manchester College has been graded as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, with inspectors rating the College’s contribution to skills as ‘Strong’ following an inspection during March…

Placing Apprenticeships at the Heart of the Construction Skills Agenda

Following the government announcing a £600m investment in construction skills training, Melanie Nicholson, Managing Director of leading apprenticeship and work-based learning provider Total People, says…

Positive Economic Contributions Should Prompt More Employers to Hire Apprentices says Total People 

Following new government data showing that apprentices contribute an impressive £25billion to the economy over their lifetime has prompted Melanie Nicholson, Managing Director of leading…

Total People welcomes positive sounds on new apprenticeship reforms but calls for greater clarity on the detail and implementation

Melanie Nicholson, Managing Director of leading apprenticeship and work-based learning provider Total People, has welcomed some of the governments recently announced reforms to apprenticeships, while…

Novus welcomes prison capacity strategy and calls for focus on reducing reoffending

Leading prison education provider Novus has welcomed the clarity provided by the government’s new strategy for prisons. Under the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, the government…

Total People Celebrates 'Good' Ofsted Rating

Total People, a leading apprenticeship training provider, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a ‘Good’ rating across all of its provision types,…

Novus: Job market growth forecasted for North East economy

There will be a significant increase in job opportunities across the North East economy by 2028, according to new forecasts by leading education, skills and…

Public calls on companies to employ ex-offenders

Research conducted by leading prison education provider Novus has found that a majority of the UK public believe that companies which hire ex-offenders make a…

New report highlights critical role of prison education

A new report published by the Social Market Foundation has highlighted the crucial role that programmes of education have in rehabilitating offenders in order to…

Further education capacity challenge is ‘real, urgent and complex’, warns LTE Group

LTE Group has welcomed a new report by the Association of Colleges, which highlights the urgent need for additional 16-18 college places to be created…

Celebrating 30 years of prison education

As leading prison education provider Novus marks its 30th anniversary, Managing Director Peter Cox reflects on three decades of delivering programmes to hard-to-reach learners –…

Voters back increased investment to train prisoners for future employment ahead of Autumn Statement

Ahead of the Autumn Statement, new research from prison education provider Novus has found that nearly two thirds of voters back greater investment in equipping…

Ofsted praises ‘curriculum designed to meet national skills shortages’ as HMP Askham Grange receives ‘Good’ Rating

Leading prison education provider Novus is proud to be the education provider at HMP Askham Grange that has been rated Good by Ofsted in recent…

How Digital Literacy Can Impact Prisoner Rehabilitation

A big challenge for prison education is making sure learners aren’t left behind during their time in prison. Government research shows that it is most…

Ofsted praises ‘strong’ education and vocational training as HMP/YOI Thorn Cross rated ‘good’

‘Impressive range’ of work and education opportunities praised by inspectors, who also recognised Novus’ classroom-based education and vocational training Leading prison education provider Novus has…

Lessons from T Levels: Why links with employers must be at the heart of prison education

As students prepare to receive their A-level, T-level and other vocational results on Thursday, Novus’ Amina Bodhania reflects on how employer engagement should also be…

Ofsted praises 'ambitious curriculum' as HMP Haverigg receives 'Good' Rating, followed by another 'Good' at HMP Preston

Leading prison education provider Novus is proud to be the education provider prisons that have been rated Good by Ofsted recent inspections. Leading prison education…

<strong>Reading in prisons: Why there are grounds for optimism</strong>

While Ofsted and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons may have concerns about the progress made in improving reading in prisons, Novus’ Richard Wakelin highlights innovative…

‘Yorkshire Model’ success provides blueprint for supporting offenders from prison into jobs

Leading prison education provider Novus has increased the number of offenders moving directly into employment by 65% over three years across Yorkshire and the Humber…

Novus and Total People join forces with Timpson Group to pioneer first apprenticeships for prisoners

Leading prison education provider also partners with Greene King to offer prisoners new routes to stable employment upon release Leading prison education provider Novus and…

Creating the infrastructure to reduce the digital deficit in prisons

A multi-million pound investment in prison IT infrastructure by prison education provider Novus (@Novuschange) has been completed; with the ultimate aim of supporting future developments in…