Now taking bookings for the final PLA event. See link for details:🎉

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📢 Last Call! 🏃‍♀️ 💨

There are just a few spots left for this Friday's 'Essential Skills and Inclusion Network' online event 15:00 -17:00.

Claim your free ticket for this online event 🎫

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We're thrilled to have won an award at today's #InspireJusticeAwards 🥳

We're so proud of the 1,045 people we've helped start courses in prison so far this year 📚

The WINNER of the Voluntary Contribution to Community Safety and Justice is Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) Prisoners' Education Trust! 👏

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Yesterday, we launched our guide for developing the curriculum in prisons.

Created by PLA members, this resource will help you to:

💭create space for reflection & discussion

🛠️focus on the practicalities of developing & delivering a prison curriculum

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I had a letter in The Times and The Sunday Times today highlighting the risks to prison education that will result from cramming more cells into already overcrowded and under-resourced prisons.

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Last week, Ministry of Justice published new statistics on education in prison in England during 2022-23.

Our CEO Jon Collins finds the good news and the bad news in his blog for Russell Webster ✍️ 👇 ow.ly/jyMr50PU1Ms

🍎Today is #WorldTeachersDay2023 !

✍️It's the perfect opportunity to share Charlotte's blog from #HiddenHeroes day last week - a celebration of the work of educators at HMP Dovegate.

👏We're sending a big THANK YOU to prison teachers today & every day!

prisonerlearningalliance.org.uk/2023/09/hidden…

📅01 November | 13:00-14:30 GMT

📚Prison Education Research: Taking the next steps

Want to learn more about prison education research?

Sign up for this free online seminar, from Criminology, Sociology & Policing: Hull University👇

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We're looking for a new member of the team to join us from late October to late December to support the work of the Prisoner Learning Alliance (Prisoner Learning Alliance).

Apply here 👇 #CharityJob #Vacancy #NowHiring ow.ly/5lyP50PQMHg

On #HiddenHeroesDay , we want to say a huge thank you to all the people working tirelessly in prisons to help learners make a positive change.

In this Prisoner Learning Alliance blog, HMP Dovegate's Assistant Director shines a light on that vital work. ow.ly/7KZL50PQM1H

Today is #HiddenHeroesDay - a chance to thank those who work in custodial & community justice settings

Charlotte's blog celebrates Learning & Skills colleagues at HMP Dovegate - one of the most important & challenging areas of the prison

Read it here👉 bit.ly/3ZymFXy

🆕Before becoming a functional skills English tutor at HMP Pentonville, Ade was a science communicator, a research scientist, and a musician.

🧠In this blog, she writes how having ADHD helps her to support her neurodiverse learners.
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This is typically excellent by David Shipley. And good to see the benefits of using ROTL to access education recognised.

Many, many more people could be accessing mainstream education via ROTL, building up the skills and qualifications they need to thrive when released.