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 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....
preview image JimMcVeighStudied in prisonJim McVeigh is from Belfast. He left school at fifteen with no qualifications and was imprisoned in...
preview image SeanMurrayStudied in prisonSean Murray is from West Belfast and was studying Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast...
preview image GerardMurrayStudied in prisonGerard Murray attended St Mary’s Grammar School Belfast. He left in 1972 at age fourteen started...
preview image PeadarO'CuinneagainStudied in prisonPeadar O’Cuinneagain attended St Matthew’s Primary School in Belfast. His secondary schooling...
preview image TommyQuigleyStudied in prisonTommy Quigley went to St Peter’s Secondary School in Belfast and left after doing the Junior...
preview image NoelQuigleyStudied in prisonNoel Quigley is from Belfast and qualified as a quantity surveyor. He was imprisoned in 1972 aged...
preview image PatSheehanStudied in prisonPat Sheehan attended St Malachy’s College in Belfast where he gained O Levels. He was imprisoned...
preview image GarySmythStudied in prisonGary Smyth is from Belfast and left school just before his sixteenth birthday with no...
preview image SéannaWalshStudied in prisonSéanna Walsh attended St Patricks Grammar School in Belfast and left with three O Levels. He was...