City & Guilds Foundation’s £1m Big Idea Fund to reduce prisoner re-offending
City and Guilds Foundation is inviting expressions of interest from charities, prison governors and training providers – as the next stage of its £1m Big…
Prison Education and Offender Learning
Social Enterprise leading the charge in tackling prisoner education secures £150,000 of investment
The Bank of America-backed Growth Impact Fund, developed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd, announces its second investment Doing What Really Matters (DMRM), a social…
What is APAR? FE Soundbite 696
Welcome to Soundbite Edition 696! 27th May 2023. What is APAR… forget RoATP and EPAO there is a new acronym in town: Apprenticeship Providers and…
Novus calls for government action to help restricted access prisoners to access education
Leading prison education provider Novus has called for government action following the publication of a new report which highlights the challenges that restricted status children…
Investing in ‘Cultural Capital’ is the key to unlocking potential in prison education
Sarah Hartley, Novus lead for Creative Enrichment, sets out how cultural capital helps plays a significant part in preparing prison learners for their next steps,…
Could prison-leavers plug labour shortages? FE Soundbite 693
Could 50,000 prison-leavers plug labour shortages? FE Soundbite 693 (6th May 2023). This is the weekly e-newsletter and e-journal brought to you by FE News: ISSN 2732-4095.…
Prison initiative for fathers and support project for asylum seekers among winners at national learning awards
Organisations demonstrating imaginative, engaging, and impactful approaches to working with families have today (29 March) been recognised as part of a national celebration of learning.…
New scheme to kickstart prison literacy drive and cut crime
Hundreds more prisoners will leave jail with the literacy skills needed to find work on release thanks to a new scheme aimed at transforming reading…
MPs and peers call for prison education to be renationalised
MPs and peers from across the political spectrum have condemned the failed privatisation of prison education and called for the service to be brought back…
New inclusive horizons in the context of STEM
Building a platform for equity in STEM In this, the second of three articles to celebrate British Science Week, Cerian Ayres – National Head of…
