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 GarnetBusbyStudied in prisonGarnet Busby attended the Royal School Dungannon and Dungannon Technical College where he gained...
preview image RobertCampbellStudied in prisonRobert Campbell attended the Boys Model School in Belfast and left with an O Level in Mathematics....
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 MaryMcArdleStudied in prisonMary McArdle is from Belfast. She left school with no qualifications and was imprisoned in Armagh...
preview image JenniferMcCannStudied in prisonJennifer McCann is from Belfast she left school at fourteen and was imprisoned in Armagh Gaol which...
preview image RosieMcCorleyStudied in prisonRosie McCorley is from Belfast. She left school after doing O Levels and then gained an A Level...
preview image TomRobertsStudied in prisonTom Roberts is from County Armagh. He gained O Levels at school and then studied for an ONC (an...
preview image GeraldineWardStudied in prisonGeraldine Ward grew up in Tyrone left school at sixteen and was imprisoned in Maghaberry Prison in...