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Prisons and offender learning

UCU positions on public policies affecting prisons and offender learning.

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Charter for prison education

UCU's vision for a stable and effectively resourced prison education system.

Towards a UCU policy on professionalism

The sectors in which UCU members work are littered with the corpses of failed attempts at institutionalisation and regulation (or de-regulation) of professional requirements and recognition.

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