Our Conferences

Novus 30 years: The Power of Prison Education

On Thursday 8th February 2024, with colleagues from across the prison education sector, we celebrated 30 years of prison education from Novus group colleagues and showcased ‘The Power of Prison Education’, with a particular focus on learner perspectives and outcomes.

The event included a panel discussion, where we heard from former learners on the transformational impact that prison education has made to their lives, along with speeches from senior Novus and LTE Colleagues. The sessions, along with video shown on the day, have been recorded and are available below.

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The Power of Prison Education a teacher's perspective

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Talking Heads sharing the Power of Prison Education

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Event panel discussion

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John Thornhill speech

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Peter Cox speech

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Moving On 2022: The Future of Prison Education

Monday 18th July 2022 marked our first ever Novus industry conference, Moving On 2022: The Future of Prison Education. We brought together leading professionals from across the industry to discuss a wide range of topics. The main sessions were recorded and are available below.

We also launched our podcast Inside Learning: Talking Prison Education  on the day, please listen to the first episode for even more insight from our speakers. We hope you enjoy watching the recordings and if you are interested in coming to future events, please follow us on social media as we’ll announce dates on there.

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Recordings of the day

If you weren’t able to make conference, or if you were there and want to rewatch our main sessions, here are the recordings from the day.

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Introductions from Shane Chowen and John Thornhill

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Plenary 1: Tackling skills shortages in the hospitality industry

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Plenary 2: Supporting prisoners into employment

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Plenary 3: Building the prison education service of the future

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Plenary 4: Neurodiversity in prisons, supporting high needs learners

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Phil Wheatley keynote and closing speech from Peter Brammall

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