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Student E is from Belfast. He left school to take up an apprenticeship in Harland and Wolff as a shipyard fitter. He was imprisoned in 1977 in the H Blocks (The Maze and Long Kesh Prison) where he joined the Loyalist Blanket protest before moving to the ordinary wings in 1980 and getting involved in education. The first start to his Open University study of Social Sciences in 1982 was disrupted by turmoil in the prison. Subsequently he studied A Level Mathematics and then began his Open University degree with the Mathematics foundation course in 1989. He moved to Maghaberry Prison in 1990 and graduated with a degree in Mathematics in 1995 ...before his release in the same year. At the time of interview in 2011 he was employed as a Training and Development officer with responsibility for IT tutoring with a community organisation in Belfast.
Student E is from Belfast. He left school to take up an apprenticeship in Harland and Wolff as a shipyard fitter. He was imprisoned in 1977 in the H Blocks (The Maze and Long Kesh Prison) where he joined the Loyalist Blanket protest before moving to the ordinary wings in 1980 and getting involved in education. The first start to his Open University study of Social Sciences in 1982 was disrupted by turmoil in the prison. Subsequently he studied A Level Mathematics and then began his Open University degree with the Mathematics foundation course in 1989. He moved to Maghaberry Prison in 1990 and graduated with a degree in Mathematics in 1995 ...before his release in the same year. At the time of interview in 2011 he was employed as a Training and Development officer with responsibility for IT tutoring with a community organisation in Belfast.
| Title: | A Supportive Technology Tutor |
|---|---|
| Description: | Student E describes how the support of his tutor made all the difference when studying a Technology course during a difficult period in prison before his release and the relevance of the course content to daily life in his own home. | 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: | Student E |
| Duration: | 00:02:08 |
| Master programe code and title: | Student E Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:19:17 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:21:20 |
| Master programme production number: | 017_S_02 |
| Available to public: | yes |
