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Martin Snoddon attended Larkfield Secondary School in Belfast and left at age fourteen. He was imprisoned aged nineteen in the Ulster Volunteer Compound 21 of Long Kesh Prison Camp (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1975. He studied for an Open University degree in Mathematics between 1981-1988 and gained his honours degree in 1989. After his release in 1990 he studied for a Master’s degree at Queen’s University and became Director of EPIC (the Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre working with ex-prisoners from an Ulster Volunteer Force or Red Hand Commando (RHC) Background). At the time of interview in 2013 he worked as... a consultant for neurolinguistic programming and as a psychotherapist. He has developed and delivered courses in Irish history to cross community groups. Martin interviewed Jenny Meegan for the Time to Think archive.
Martin Snoddon attended Larkfield Secondary School in Belfast and left at age fourteen. He was imprisoned aged nineteen in the Ulster Volunteer Compound 21 of Long Kesh Prison Camp (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1975. He studied for an Open University degree in Mathematics between 1981-1988 and gained his honours degree in 1989. After his release in 1990 he studied for a Master’s degree at Queen’s University and became Director of EPIC (the Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre working with ex-prisoners from an Ulster Volunteer Force or Red Hand Commando (RHC) Background). At the time of interview in 2013 he worked as... a consultant for neurolinguistic programming and as a psychotherapist. He has developed and delivered courses in Irish history to cross community groups. Martin interviewed Jenny Meegan for the Time to Think archive.
| Title: | That whole sense of achieving something |
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| Description: | Martin Snoddon was imprisoned in the Ulster Volunteer Compound 21 of Long Kesh Prison Camp (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1975. He studied for an Open University degree in Mathematics from 1991 and gained his honours degree in 1989. In this clip he recalls how despite leaving school with no qualifications his love of problem solving found a vehicle in his OU study of Maths what study success did for his confidence and self-esteem and his happy memories of his graduation ceremony in prison attended by his family and shared with four other Loyalists prisoners who graduated that day. | Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Contributor: | Martin Snoddon |
| Duration: | 00:02:25 |
| Master programe code and title: | Martin Snoddon Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:03:57 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:07:18 |
| Master programme production number: | 022_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
