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 ColetteHughesOU staffColette Hughes has been Project Administrator for the ‘Time to think’ Project since 2017....
preview image PatJessOU staff, Tutored in prisonPat Jess graduated in Geography from Queen’s University Belfast. She was an Open University...
preview image TutorKOU staff, Tutored in prisonTutor K worked as an Open University Associate Lecturer in Humanities in the Compounds and H Blocks...
preview image MauriceKennedyOU staff, Tutored in prisonMaurice Kennedy worked as Staff Tutor in Mathematics and Computing with The Open University from...
preview image DennisKennedyOU staff, Tutored in prisonDennis Kennedy worked as an Associate Lecturer in European Studies in the H Blocks of the Maze and...
preview image GabiKentOU staffGabi Kent researches conflict transformation peacebuilding and transitional justice and is a...
preview image JohnKremerOU staff, Tutored in prisonJohn Kremer moved from England to Belfast in 1980 to take up a post as Lecturer in Psychology at...
preview image HeatherLairdOU staff, Tutored in prisonHeather Laird graduated in Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast. She worked as an Open...
preview image GordonMacintyreOU staff, Tutored in prisonGordon Macintyre was Regional Director of The Open University in Northern Ireland from 1972 until...
preview image RonMcCartneyOU staff, Tutored in prisonRon McCartney was an Open University Associate Lecturer in Mathematics in the Compounds of the Maze...
preview image ChristinaMcCavanaOU staffChristina McCavana has worked for The Open University in the Belfast Office since 1978. She has...
preview image LiamMcCloskeyOU staff, Tutored in prisonLiam McCloskey worked as an Open University Associate Lecturer in Mathematics Statistics and...
preview image EugeneMcElhinneyOU staff, Tutored in prisonEugene McElhinney worked as an Associate Lecturer with The Open University between 1984 and 2011....
preview image JoannaMcMinnOU staff, Tutored in prisonJoanna McMinn was an Associate Lecturer with The Open University between 1981 and 1992 teaching...
preview image JennyMeeganOU staff, Tutored in prisonJenny Meegan moved from England to Belfast in 1969. She completed her PhD at Queen’s University...
preview image DorosMichailOU staff, Tutored in prisonDoros Michail worked as an Open University Associate Lecturer and between 1979 and 2011 tutored...
preview image KayMuhrOU staff, Tutored in prisonKay Muhr grew up in East Anglia but discovering that these islands held other native languages...
preview image JaneNelsonOU staff, Tutored in prisonJane Nelson was appointed in 1970 as the first Staff Tutor for The Open University in Northern...
preview image ClaireO'KaneOU staffClaire O’Kane has worked for The Open University from 1975 in various administrative roles within...
preview image PhilipO'SullivanOU staffPhilip is a Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with The...