Why prioritise Higher Education opportunities for those with criminal records?

Join this discussion on the importance of prioritising higher education opportunities for those with criminal records. Featuring contributions from Dan Whyte, Co-Director of Doing What Really Matters (DWRM) and Paula Harriott, CEO of Unlock, and chaired by Dr Caroline Parker.

This event welcomes lived experience experts, charity leaders, local authorities, education providers, prison educators, HM Prison and Probation Service staff, academics, students, policy representatives and practitioners.

Speakers

• Dan Whyte, Co-Director of Doing What Really Matters (DWRM), a social enterprise that focuses on increasing opportunities for people in prison to study further and access higher education.
• Paula Harriott, CEO of Unlock, a lived experience led charity dedicated to supporting and advocating for people with criminal records in England and Wales to be able to move on positively in their lives.
• Chair: Dr Caroline Parker, Lecturer of Anthropology of Professional Practice, Deputy Director of the Social Data Institute, and member of UCL's Centre for Education and Criminal Justice

'Blue-Sky Thinking' Seminar Series on Education and Criminal Justice

The series aims to re-establish the Centre for Education and Criminal Justice as the knowledge exchange hub for practitioners, policymakers and researchers to collaborate on collecting, improving, and disseminating the best and most promising evidence and practice in the field and internationally. It gives researchers and practitioners a space to discuss the 'blue-sky thinking' in education and criminal justice that is much needed in the current system.

Related links

• Centre for Education and Criminal Justice
• Department of Psychology and Human Development

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