The aim of the project

The ‘Technology in Prisons’ project has been set up to promote the use of technology for the education and training of offenders in prisons and within the community upon release. The project will not only investigate the current use of technology it will use technology, social networking, conferences, research and articles to stimulate discussion regarding the current and future use of technology, both supervised and unsupervised.

The project will also investigate the delivery methodologies and pedagogies used in the education and training of offenders. This will include initial assessment of learner needs, the use and development of individual learning portfolio’s, learner tracking and assessment, basic skills, and the way in which learners can continue their education and training within the community upon release.

Part of this project has been supported by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust . Dr William George Lockitt has been awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to visit Norway, Sweden and Germany to identify good practice in the use of technology for teaching and learning. We would like to hear about your experiences of education and training within prisons and surveys for both deliverers and learners will be available shortly. I hope you will take the opportunity of contributing your experiences to this project.

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