Centre for Education in the Criminal Justice System

A focal point for practitioners, policymakers and researchers to collaborate and deliver best practice and evidence in the field.

Heads of centre: Professor Jane Hurry and Dr John Vorhaus

The Centre for Education in the Criminal Justice System (CECJS) has been set up in response to the need for an authoritative and high-profile centre with an exclusive focus on education within the criminal justice system.

We provide a focal point for practitioners, policymakers and researchers to collaborate on collecting, improving and disseminating the best and most promising evidence and practice in the field.

About us

Our staff

Directors of Centre

Jane Hurry, Co-Director
John Vorhaus, Co-Director

Academic Staff

Lynne Rogers, Reader in Education

External members

Angela Herbert
Anita Wilson

Funders

For their generous support we would like to thank:

Sir John Cass's Foundation
City and Guilds Centre for Skills Development
Higher Education Funding Council
Mary Kinross Charitable Trust

Our activities

Research

Our Centre is undertaking an ambitious programme of research and development on education and training in the criminal justice system, including reviews of evidence, secondary data analysis and primary research, together with a programme of research-informed development activity, providing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) materials for practitioners working in prisons and with offenders in the community.

We also act as a national hub for practitioners, policy-makers and researchers, promoting, developing and disseminating best practice in education and training.

We work with a range of national networks including the Prisoner Learning Alliance, Education and Training Foundation Offender learning group, Open University Educating Criminals Centre and host an international conference, highlighting research knowledge and best practice, and identifying areas for future research, development and policy.

Publications