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Sean Wynne taught in the secondary education sector in the Midlands of Ireland studied for a Postgraduate qualification in Career Guidance at University College Dublin and worked as a Guidance Counsellor for County Laois Vocational Education Committee. In the mid-1980s he was invited to develop an education programme in Portlaoise Prison in County Laois which at the time had no organised education. He was appointed Supervising Teacher in Portlaoise in 1985 and worked in this role until 1995. Sean represented the Republic of Ireland Prison system on the Education Trust a cross border body set up to help ex-prisoners and their families’ ac...cess third level education or further training. He published ‘Education and Security-When the twain do meet’ in the Journal of Correctional Education (March 2001 Volume 52 Issue 1).
Sean Wynne taught in the secondary education sector in the Midlands of Ireland studied for a Postgraduate qualification in Career Guidance at University College Dublin and worked as a Guidance Counsellor for County Laois Vocational Education Committee. In the mid-1980s he was invited to develop an education programme in Portlaoise Prison in County Laois which at the time had no organised education. He was appointed Supervising Teacher in Portlaoise in 1985 and worked in this role until 1995. Sean represented the Republic of Ireland Prison system on the Education Trust a cross border body set up to help ex-prisoners and their families’ ac...cess third level education or further training. He published ‘Education and Security-When the twain do meet’ in the Journal of Correctional Education (March 2001 Volume 52 Issue 1).
| Title: | It was totally unheard of in those days |
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| Description: | Sean Wynne Head Teacher in Portlaoise Prison 1978-2000 describes negotiations with the Governor in the late 1980s to enable an Open University student to have a computer in his cell which was necessary for his study of a third level Technology course. | Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Contributor: | Sean Wynne |
| Duration: | 00:01:25 |
| Master programe code and title: | Sean Wynne Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:19:18 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:20:41 |
| Master programme production number: | 100_O_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
