Prisoners embrace higher education: “I’m hoping it opens the door to a chance”
A report carried out by academic researchers at Nottingham Trent University has produced evidence that education is in high demand among prisoners. The study, “The…
Prison Education and Offender Learning
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…
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 –…
How apprenticeships are offering prisoners a new start
National Apprenticeship Week takes place this week (5-11th February) and it is only the second time prisoners have been included. Entrepreneur James Tweed urges all…
An Estimated 49,000 Vacancies Fell in the Last Quarter | FE Soundbite Edition 729
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 729, January 20th 2024: An Estimated 49,000 Vacancies Fell in the Last Quarter This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal…
Tackling the skills gap and prison overcrowding in one go
There is a potential workforce of 85,000 people sitting in our prisons. With the right organisation and incentives for business, we could be filling many…
A New Year
In this article, Heather makes some suggestions for where she sees policy focus should be in 2024. A new year – and as we now…
Transforming prison education
Prisoners who get a job on release are less likely to reoffend. That’s why HMPPS is transforming prison education to give prisoners the skills for…