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 MartinaAndersonStudied in prisonMartina Anderson is from the Bogside in Derry. She left school at 14 and was briefly imprisoned in...
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 CarálNí ChuilínStudied in prisonCarál Ní Chuilín attended school in Belfast , left at 18, went to the Conway Mill Education...
preview image GeraldineWardStudied in prisonGeraldine Ward grew up in Tyrone left school at sixteen and was imprisoned in Maghaberry Prison in...