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 PaddyStudied in prisonPaddy grew up in a rural community left school at sixteen with few qualifications and was...
preview image MichaelAtchesonStudied in prisonMichael Atcheson attended Dunlambert Secondary School in Belfast and left at age 15 with no...
preview image GarnetBusbyStudied in prisonGarnet Busby attended the Royal School Dungannon and Dungannon Technical College where he gained...
preview image StudentCStudied in prisonStudent C attended the Boys Model School in Belfast and left with five GCSEs. Aged nineteen he was...
preview image RobertCampbellStudied in prisonRobert Campbell attended the Boys Model School in Belfast and left with an O Level in Mathematics....
preview image MichaelCulbertStudied in prisonMichael Culbert attended St Thomas’ Secondary School in West Belfast left after his O Levels and...
preview image JoeDohertyStudied in prisonJoe Doherty is from Belfast. He left school at fourteen and was interned during 1972 at age...
preview image StudentEStudied in prisonStudent E is from Belfast. He left school to take up an apprenticeship in Harland and Wolff as a...
preview image StudentGStudied in prisonStudent G attended a grammar school in North Antrim and left after gaining his O Levels. He was...
preview image StudentHStudied in prisonStudent H left school with no qualifications. He was imprisoned aged eighteen in the Cages...
preview image PaulKavanaghStudied in prisonPaul Kavanagh went to a grammar school in Belfast but left before taking his O Levels and was...
preview image RobertKerrStudied in prisonRobert (Rab) Kerr is from Belfast. He left school at fifteen was imprisoned on a number of...
preview image SeánLynchStudied in prisonSeán Lynch grew up in Lisnaskea County Fermanagh and left school at fifteen. He gained four O...
preview image EoghanMacCormaicStudied in prisonEoghan MacCormaic attended St Columb’s College in Derry and left in 1971 before taking his O...
preview image EamonnMacDermottStudied in prisonEamonn MacDermott attended St Columb’s College in Derry and was arrested aged nineteen in the...
preview image RaymondMcCartneyStudied in prisonRaymond McCartney attended St Columb’s College in Derry and left in 1972 just after Bloody...
preview image RobertMcClenaghanStudied in prisonRobert McClenaghan went to St Paul’s Secondary School in West Belfast and left with one O Level...
preview image AnthonyMcIntyreStudied in prisonAnthony McIntyre attended the first three years of grammar school and was imprisoned from age...
preview image LaurenceMcKeownStudied in prisonLaurence McKeown attended St Malachy’s College in Belfast and St Olcan’s Secondary School in...
preview image JackieMcMullanStudied in prisonJackie McMullan attended St Mary’s Grammar School in Belfast and left aged sixteen with O Levels....