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 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...