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 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 DesO'HaganStudied in prisonDes O’Hagan is from Belfast. He was imprisoned in Crumlin Road Gaol in the 1950s attended the...
preview image PhilipO'SullivanOU staffPhilip is a Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with The...
preview image WilliamPlum SmithStudied in prisonWilliam ‘Plum’ Smith left Ballygomartin Secondary School in Belfast after passing his O Levels...
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 TomRobertsStudied in prisonTom Roberts is from County Armagh. He gained O Levels at school and then studied for an ONC (an...
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 PatSheehanStudied in prisonPat Sheehan attended St Malachy’s College in Belfast where he gained O Levels. He was imprisoned...
preview image DavidSmythStudied in prisonDavid Smyth attended school in Belfast left with seven O levels and two A Levels and started a...
preview image GarySmythStudied in prisonGary Smyth is from Belfast and left school just before his sixteenth birthday with no...
preview image MartinSnoddonStudied in prisonMartin Snoddon attended Larkfield Secondary School in Belfast and left at age fourteen. He was...
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 AustinTreacyWorked in prisonAustin Treacy joined the Northern Ireland Prison Service in 1977. He was a Prison Officer in...
preview image AlanWalbridgeOU staff, Tutored in prisonAlan Walbridge came to Northern Ireland in 1965 and spent five years in a student apprenticeship in...
preview image JohnWallaceStudied in prisonJohn Wallace left school in Belfast with no qualifications and was imprisoned in the Ulster...