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 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 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 DianaPurcellOU staff, Tutored in prisonDiana Purcell studied Philosophy at The University of Sydney. She was a lecturer in Language and...
preview image StephenRobinsonOU staff, Tutored in prisonStephen Robinson has worked for The Open University as an Associate Lecturer since 1991 teaching...
preview image AlanSharpOU staff, Tutored in prisonAlan Sharp worked as an Open Associate Lecturer in History with The Open University between 1976...
preview image IanStevensonOU staff, Tutored in prisonIan Stevenson was a Lecturer in Engineering at the University of Ulster before taking up the post...
preview image MikeTomlinsonOU staff, Tutored in prisonMike Tomlinson studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level at Nottingham University and came to...
preview image AlanWalbridgeOU staff, Tutored in prisonAlan Walbridge came to Northern Ireland in 1965 and spent five years in a student apprenticeship in...