This past week, the project has met with both an ex-offender and Employer from RMF Construction. This activity was to interview and record a series of questions and answers for video outputs for AR resources. The questions were specific to each particular person and their role.
Ex-Offender Views: · Did you undertake a training/education course whilst in custody?
· What training/education did you do?
· Has this enabled you to gain employment on release?
· Did the training/education help you? If so how?
· Would you recommend training/education to those currently in custody? If so why? What are the benefits?
· What are your plans for the future?
Employer Views:
· Why do you train and recruit ex-offenders?
· What are the benefits?
· Are ex-offenders more reliable, committed and enthusiastic to do well?
· What are the benefits to employers'?
The people whom we interviewed were fantastic and provided some great answers and views to the questions posed. Once completed, the videos were edited and embedded into the Zappar AR resource sheets for wider use and distribution.
Next Steps:
To interview a range of current offender learners who are starting their custodial sentence and those further down the line, to gain their views on education and the benefits it may bring whilst they serve their time in prison.
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