University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation and Coracle Online Limited KTP 24_25 R3

A new AI-powered learning platform will adapt its lessons in real time to how each user thinks and responds, designed specifically for prisoners, people at risk of entering the prison system, and those who have dropped out of mainstream education. This matters because standard online education often fails these groups. Prisons have limited or no internet access, and many disengaged learners do not respond well to rigid, one-size-fits-all content. The platform works both online and offline, and it uses “in-the-moment” assessments—direct questions and inferred cues from user behaviour—to tailor material to each person’s learning style as they progress. The goal is to keep learners engaged where typical courses lose them. If successful, the project could change how education reaches some of the hardest-to-reach populations. For prisoners, it could mean access to meaningful, personalised learning without needing a live internet connection. For those on the edge of the system, it could offer a flexible route back into education that adapts to them, rather than demanding they adapt to it. The impact is not about infrastructure or supply chains—it is about re-engaging people whom conventional education has left behind.