This document discusses adult education programs in Hull, UK, including those that operate inside and outside of prisons. It summarizes that Hull Adult Education operates in the community and in two local prisons, providing courses from basic literacy to hobbies. It also outlines issues like high rates of former prisoners reoffending due to low education levels. Two key programs discussed are "On the Out," providing basic skills courses to ex-offenders after release, and "Prison! Me! No-way!," an initiative that aims to dissuade youth from crime through realistic portrayals of prison life. Family learning programs that bring parents and children together are also highlighted.

1. Andrew Harland
Principal Adult Education Officer
Hull City Council

2. Innovations
in
Adult Learning
Inside and Outside
Prison

3. Innovations
in
Adult Learning
Inside and Outside
Prison

5. High levels of social deprivation
Low levels of adult literacy and numeracy
Low attainment in schools
High unemployment
A ‘failure culture’
The City of Hull
has:

6. Hull Adult Education is a specialist provider of formal and
informal educational opportunities to adults.
Our courses range from yoga and pottery to digital imaging
We operate in 5 Adult Education Centres and 120 sites across the city
We operate the education departments in 2 local prisons
We have about 17,000 enrolments each year
Basic literacy and numeracy tuition forms a major parts of our role

7. Hull Adult Education operates the education
departments in two local prisons:
Hull and Everthorpe
Most of the inmates of these prisons come from
Hull and return to Hull after release.

8. Around 130,000 people pass through UK prisons each year
Offenders,
Prisons and
Education
58% of those released re-offend within two years
81% of prisoners do not have writing skills up to a "level one"
standard - equivalent to an 11-year old
65% have numeracy skills at or below an 11-year-old's
49% of men imprisoned and 71% of women have no qualifications at all
Prisoners are 10 times as likely as the general population to have been
regular truants at school.
Half of male sentenced prisoners were excluded from school
Take up of education in prison is calculated to reduce re-offending by 12%

9. ‘On the Out’
Basic skills in local communities project
Ex-offenders their families and friends
Embedded basic skills

10. ‘On the Out’
Encourage prisoners to continue education on release from prison
Offer basic skills support & optional accreditation in the community
Encourage progression
Preparation for employment & the job market
Increase skills, self-confidence & self esteem

11. ‘On the Out’
6 – 12 week courses
2-3 hours per session
Combining Literacy/Numeracy with a subject of interest
Optional accreditation E1-L2 in conjunction with National Standards
accredited through City & Guilds
All courses referenced to the Adult Literacy/Numeracy Core
Curriculum

12. ‘On the Out’ Courses

13. ‘Prison!
No - way!’
Me!

14. A National Charity founded in Hull
It aims to persuade young people not to offend by showing them the
harsh realities of prison life
It uses interactive media film and drama to show how offending can
lead to imprisonment
It draws on the experience of prison officers, teachers and former
prisoners
‘Prison! Me! No-way!,’

15. ‘Prison! Me! No-way!,’
encourage young people
towards positive lifestyles
dissuade young people
from committing crime
PMNW was established to do three things –
correct myths about
imprisonment

16. correct myths about imprisonment
PMNW believes it's vital to give an
accurate view of the inside of prisons.
"We found they had the most amazing
preconceptions."
“They had no idea how harsh prison
was or how prisoner's families are
affected."

17. correct myths about imprisonment

18. correct myths about imprisonment
In classroom sessions, PMNW uses role playing, mock
courts and other techniques to explore prison realities

19. Today, the initiative
involves more than
550 volunteer prison
staff working in 110
prisons and more
than 2,000
secondary schools
throughout the UK

20. Family Learning Programmes

21.  Encourages parents to take an interest in
children’s education
Addresses adult literacy needs as well as
helping children to learn
Promotes a ‘learning culture’
Family
Learning

22. Family Literacy
Family Numeracy
Family Literacy and Numeracy (combined)
Keeping Up With the Children
Pacesetter –family ICT
Early Start
Family
Learning
Programmes

23. Family Literacy
Workshops
Family Numeracy
Workshops
Help your Child with
Reading
Help your Child with
Maths
SHARE
‘Storysacks’
Writing Bedtime
Stories
Harry Potter
Languages for
Families
Family History
Family Learning
Programmes

24. A new learning block has been set up at
Hull Prison
Wives and children of some prisoners are
invited in for family learning sessions with
fathers
Family Learning
in Prison

25. Conclusion and questions.
Family Learning
in Prison