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 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...
preview image SéannaWalshStudied in prisonSéanna Walsh attended St Patricks Grammar School in Belfast and left with three O Levels. He was...
preview image GeraldineWardStudied in prisonGeraldine Ward grew up in Tyrone left school at sixteen and was imprisoned in Maghaberry Prison in...
preview image KevinWarnerWorked in prisonKevin Warner's professional background is in teaching. During the 1970s he taught both in schools...
preview image RonnieWhiteWorked in prisonRonnie White is from Belfast and left Knockbreda High School in 1973 with five O Levels and one A...
preview image SheelaghWilsonWorked in prisonSheelagh Wilson was a part-time teacher of Basic Education in the H Blocks of the Maze and Long...
preview image SeanWynneWorked in prisonSean Wynne taught in the secondary education sector in the Midlands of Ireland studied for a...