Description
John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a member of The Open University Central Academic Staff based in Milton Keynes. Since 1979 he has chaired and worked on Open University module teams and written course materials for geography courses and level I social science courses. He was an Open University Associate Lecturer in the London region until 1986 and tutored in prisons in England. As Head of Department in Geography at The Open University he visited the H blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison on 23 June 1990 to teach a geography day school on uneven global development.
John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a member of The Open University Central Academic Staff based in Milton Keynes. Since 1979 he has chaired and worked on Open University module teams and written course materials for geography courses and level I social science courses. He was an Open University Associate Lecturer in the London region until 1986 and tutored in prisons in England. As Head of Department in Geography at The Open University he visited the H blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison on 23 June 1990 to teach a geography day school on uneven global development.
Title: | A geography tutorial in the H Blocks 1990 |
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Description: | John Allen, Professor of Economic Geography at The Open University recalls visiting the H Blocks in 1990 and being given a political lecture by a Republican spokesman before going on to deliver a geography tutorial for Republican and Loyalist students. | 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: | John Allen |
Duration: | 00:01:58 |
Master programe code and title: | John Allan Interview |
Master programme start time: | 00:10:11 |
Master programme end time: | 00:12:25 |
Master programme production number: | 067_T_01_AA |
Available to public: | yes |