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Description
Tommy attended school in County Armagh and left age seventeen with six O Levels. He was imprisoned in the UVF Compounds of Long Kesh Prison Camp (the Maze and Long Kesh prison) in 1976 and studied Geography Sociology and Irish History before starting his Open University studies in Social Sciences in 1979. He graduated with a BA Honours in 1989. After his release he studied a course with The Open University on Management in Voluntary Organisations.
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Title: The OU was always ours
Description: Tommy studied with The Open University in the UVF Compounds of Long Kesh Prison Camp (the Maze and Long Kesh prison) in the late 1970s. He describes study huts in the Compounds the restrictions on using these the lack of physical space for dedicated study the sense of ownership by students of the OU and this being seen as separate from the Prison Education System.
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Contributor: Tommy
Duration: 00:01:44
Master programe code and title: Tommy Interview
Master programme start time: 00:17:44
Master programme end time: 00:19:54
Master programme production number: 108_S_01
Available to public: yes