It would be impossible to name everyone who has contributed to the writing and production of this Guide. However, the following deserve a special mention (some names have been changed at the request of individuals).
We are grateful to the learners whose photographs speak of their involvement in, and contribution to the Skills for Life agenda. They are: Lorraine Brogan, Carl Eldridge, Rudi Francis, Carla Hannah, Naseb Heer, Lamyaa, Lucinda, Jermaine Roomas, Stuart, and Matthew Wilcock.
We also thank the provider staff, teachers and trainers who appear in the Guide or who provided interviews. They are: Alison Bramham-Smith, Chris Fone, Naseb Heer, Sally Naish and Marie Woolston. We would like to acknowledge the help of the Governor, staff and prisoners at HMP/YOI/DTC Brockhill in the preparation of this Guide, and the Governor, staff and prisoners at HMP Hewell Grange.
Thanks also go Ken Towner and Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE for their invaluable help and support, and to the education managers of the following prisons for facilitating the release of staff time to undertake this important project:
DTC Brockhill
HMP Birmingham
HMP Brockhill
HMP Featherstone
HMP Hewell Grange
HMP Nottingham
HMYOI Brinsford
HMYOI Brockhill
Merillie Vaughan-Huxley OBE assisted the Skills for Life Strategy Unit in the production of these guides. Ken Towner took the photographs.
WRITER BIOGRAPHY
This Guide has been written jointly by Dudley College staff working with prisoners. They are: Ada Adeghe, Gayle Careless, Chris Fone, Heather Hayes, Sandra Haynes, Anne McCleod, Anna Place, Carol Robinson, Kate Routley, Piers Smith, Sarah Spurry, Elizabeth Stoll and Gordon Todd. Collectively, they have many years’ experience of literacy, language and numeracy learning and prison education. Without their constant dedication, many prisoners’ lives would be impoverished; without their expertise, this Guide would not have been written.
THE RAISING STANDARDS SERIES
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Adult and Community Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Further Education Colleges
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: E-learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Embedded Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Family Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Jobcentre Plus Programmes
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: The Juvenile Secure Estate for Young People Aged 15-17
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Offenders Supervised in the Community by the National Probation Service
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Voluntary and Community Sector
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Work-based Learning
A Contextual Guide to Support Success in Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Provision: Young Offender Institutions for Young People Aged 18-21
