Dan, a Doctoral Student of Criminology, has a proud commitment to challenging and enabling others to achieve great things. He is remarkable in his ability to inspire and motivate people with his enthusiasm and drive and by sharing stories of his own academic success.

 Dan has dedicated his life to creating opportunities for people with convictions to rebuild their futures through education, drawing on his personal experiences to enable others to follow an easier path.

Ruth is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, with a Masters degree in Online and Distance Education. She is all about supporting meaningful education in prison and on release. Considering herself a student as well as a teacher, she is passionate about inclusion. “Education can be liberating”.

Ruth is a visiting lecturer at two universities and also sits on the steering committee of the European Prison Education Association (EPEA). 

Myra is our Programme Development Manager. She has over 30 years experience in the Health & Social Care field, both as a direct practitioner and qualified Learning & Development professional. She has worked for Local Authorities, the NHS and Third Sector organisations – covering homelessness, addiction recovery and mental health, to name a few. Myra is passionate about the value and practice of co-production and has a fierce belief in the resilience and potential of all humans. She is also committed to the delivery of simple, elegant, relevant, engaging and robust training/learning solutions and interventions.

Lauren is one of our Study Support Managers, based in the South West. She is driven by her own journey of studying in custody and the belief that education can change everything. She brings empathy, honesty and lived experience into every conversation, helping learners see their potential and trust that they deserve a future beyond their sentence. Lauren builds genuine relationships in prisons, creates encouraging spaces for people to explore higher education, and walks alongside them as they take the next step with confidence and hope

Genna is our Development consultant. She joins us a Fundraiser of 12 years, specialising in securing and managing high worth donations from Trusts and Foundations. Genna has previously worked as the Grants Manager for Advance Charity and has also worked for The Forward Trust and The Salvation Army. Genna is dedicated in championing lived experience solutions, particularly solutions for the active reform of our prisons, and is also a Trustee of another prisoner-led CIC, The Inside Academy.

Sam is a graduate of the founding cohort of a new and innovative university called the London Interdisciplinary School (@weareLIS) and has studyied Interdisciplinary Problems & Methods. He is also a fellow at The RSA and a Board Fellow at Spark Inside. Sam is passionate about helping people live intentionally and believes in life long learning through pursuing curiosity. He is coordinating our work within the prisons.