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 StudentEStudied in prisonStudent E is from Belfast. He left school to take up an apprenticeship in Harland and Wolff as a...
preview image StudentFStudied in prisonStudent F is from Belfast and attended St Malachy’s College where he gained O and A Levels. He...
preview image FrankForsytheOU staff, Tutored in prisonFrank Forsythe worked as an Open University Associate Lecturer in Economics in the Compounds and H...
preview image JohnFrielWorked in prisonJohn Friel grew up and went to school in Derry before training for the priesthood. After ordination...
preview image StudentGStudied in prisonStudent G attended a grammar school in North Antrim and left after gaining his O Levels. He was...
preview image TonyGallagherOU staff, Tutored in prisonTony Gallagher tutored Open University Social Sciences students in the Compounds and H Blocks of...
preview image PrisonGovernor AWorked in prisonPrison Governor A spent fourteen years working in Industry as a Manager. He joined the Northern...
preview image StudentHStudied in prisonStudent H left school with no qualifications. He was imprisoned aged eighteen in the Cages...
preview image DominicHenryWorked in prisonDominic Henry joined the Northern Ireland Prison Service as a Basic Education teacher in 1975 in...
preview image HarryHughesWorked in prisonHarry Hughes was one of the first intake of students to study with The Open University in 1971 and...
preview image BillyHutchinsonStudied in prisonBilly Hutchinson is from the Shankill Road Belfast. He left school at fifteen with no...
preview image StudentJStudied in prisonStudent J is from the South of Ireland. He did his secondary schooling through the medium of Irish...
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 StudentKStudied in prisonStudent K was imprisoned in Cage 20 (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh prison) in the late...
preview image PaulKavanaghStudied in prisonPaul Kavanagh went to a grammar school in Belfast but left before taking his O Levels and was...
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 RobertKerrStudied in prisonRobert (Rab) Kerr is from Belfast. He left school at fifteen was imprisoned on a number of...
preview image EddieKinnerStudied in prisonEddie Kinner grew up on the Shankill Road Belfast attended Somerdale Secondary School and left at...
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...