Time to think...

Time to Think: Open University journeys in British and Irish prisons during the years of conflict 1972-2000 is a unique oral history archive. The collection contains interviews on the educational journeys of Loyalist and Republican ex-prisoners, Open University staff who tutored in the prisons or were involved in administration of study from the Belfast Office, prison education staff and Open University students who worked in the prisons. It also includes reflective interviews with OU staff and the Time to Think team about gathering interviews and building the archive, alongside audio clips, course materials, films and other artefacts.

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First name Last name Role Summary
preview image TommyStudied in prisonTommy attended school in County Armagh and left age seventeen with six O Levels. He was imprisoned...
preview image StudentAStudied in prisonStudent A is from Derry. He left school at sixteen with no qualifications and was imprisoned in the...
preview image StudentBStudied in prisonStudent B was in the grammar school stream of a rural secondary school and left with some O and A...
preview image HarryDonaghyStudied in prisonHarry Donaghy attended St Peter’s Secondary School in Belfast and left with no qualifications. He...
preview image BillyHutchinsonStudied in prisonBilly Hutchinson is from the Shankill Road Belfast. He left school at fifteen with no...
preview image StudentKStudied in prisonStudent K was imprisoned in Cage 20 (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh prison) in the late...
preview image EddieKinnerStudied in prisonEddie Kinner grew up on the Shankill Road Belfast attended Somerdale Secondary School and left at...
preview image StudentLStudied in prisonStudent L had a good secondary education and was considering going to University after he left...
preview image BrendanMackinStudied in prisonBrendan Mackin is from Belfast. He left school at fourteen and started correspondence courses with...
preview image LiamMcAnoyStudied in prisonLiam McAnoy is from West Belfast. He attended St Peter’s Secondary School left with no...
preview image RonnieMcCulloughStudied in prisonRonnie McCullough attended Somerdale Secondary School in Belfast leaving in 1967 with a Junior...
preview image WilliamMitchellStudied in prisonWilliam Mitchell is from Belfast. His schooling was disrupted by the conflict and he left school at...
preview image WilliamPlum SmithStudied in prisonWilliam ‘Plum’ Smith left Ballygomartin Secondary School in Belfast after passing his O Levels...
preview image NoelQuigleyStudied in prisonNoel Quigley is from Belfast and qualified as a quantity surveyor. He was imprisoned in 1972 aged...
preview image DavidSmythStudied in prisonDavid Smyth attended school in Belfast left with seven O levels and two A Levels and started a...
preview image MartinSnoddonStudied in prisonMartin Snoddon attended Larkfield Secondary School in Belfast and left at age fourteen. He was...
preview image JohnWallaceStudied in prisonJohn Wallace left school in Belfast with no qualifications and was imprisoned in the Ulster...