Prisoners to get bursaries to study at Cambridge

The transformative effect of university-level learning inside prisons

Prisoners rarely get tertiary lessons, let alone have undergraduates study alongside them, but the results can be profound. Helen Lock reports

By Helen Lock

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#1 Submitted by AnneP2 on September 20, 2018 - 8:53am

This is a good article and a great initiative by Uni of Cambridge and the Learning Together team. However, it should be mentioned that prisoners have been gaining degrees in prison for many years. The Open University currently has 1500 students in prison who can move from one prison to another and still continue their studies.

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