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David Smyth attended school in Belfast left with seven O levels and two A Levels and started a third level course in higher education before his imprisonment in Long Kesh (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1977. He started his Open University degree in Psychology in 1980 and graduated in 1989. David gained certificates in Football Coaching and as a Fitness Instructor as well as studying for O and A Levels. He was released in 1989 and studied for a Master’s Degree in Computer Science a Diploma in Social Work and a Diploma in Criminal Justice Management at Queen’s University Belfast. He interviewed Pat Jess his former tu...tor for the ‘Time to think’ archive. David is an artist and designed the logo for the ‘Time to Think’ archive as a description of “…what the Open University meant to me in prison. The key to freedom. Both in there and out here”.
David Smyth attended school in Belfast left with seven O levels and two A Levels and started a third level course in higher education before his imprisonment in Long Kesh (the Compounds of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1977. He started his Open University degree in Psychology in 1980 and graduated in 1989. David gained certificates in Football Coaching and as a Fitness Instructor as well as studying for O and A Levels. He was released in 1989 and studied for a Master’s Degree in Computer Science a Diploma in Social Work and a Diploma in Criminal Justice Management at Queen’s University Belfast. He interviewed Pat Jess his former tu...tor for the ‘Time to think’ archive. David is an artist and designed the logo for the ‘Time to Think’ archive as a description of “…what the Open University meant to me in prison. The key to freedom. Both in there and out here”.
| Title: | Part of living is making use of all the time |
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| Description: | David Smyth describes how Open University study and physical exercise became his way of life in the Loyalist Compounds (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in the 1980s and how he organized his entire daily routine around his various studies. | 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: | David Smyth |
| Duration: | 00:01:34 |
| Master programe code and title: | David Smyth Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:12:09 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:13:42 |
| Master programme production number: | 005_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
