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Tom Roberts is from County Armagh. He gained O Levels at school and then studied for an ONC (an Ordinary National Certificate a Further Education qualification equivalent to A Levels) in Telephony and Telegraphy. He was imprisoned in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and Maghaberry Prison from 1980 to 1993. Tom studied Mathematics with The Open University 1985 to 1993. Tom graduated with a first class honours degree in 1993. At the time of interview in 2011 he was the Director of EPIC (Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre working with ex-prisoners from an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) or Red Hand Commando (RHC) Background).
Tom Roberts is from County Armagh. He gained O Levels at school and then studied for an ONC (an Ordinary National Certificate a Further Education qualification equivalent to A Levels) in Telephony and Telegraphy. He was imprisoned in the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and Maghaberry Prison from 1980 to 1993. Tom studied Mathematics with The Open University 1985 to 1993. Tom graduated with a first class honours degree in 1993. At the time of interview in 2011 he was the Director of EPIC (Ex-Prisoners Interpretative Centre working with ex-prisoners from an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) or Red Hand Commando (RHC) Background).
| Title: | Discrimination against ex-prisoners despite educational achievements |
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| Description: | Tom Roberts studied with The Open University in the Loyalist wings of the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and in Maghaberry Prison in the late 1980s and graduated with a first class Honours degree in Mathematics in 1993. In this clip Tom reflects on the sense of self-esteem from his educational achievements and the intrinsic value of education as well as criticisms from other prisoners who questioned the value of education outside prison and discrimination of ex-prisoners in employment. | 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: | Tom Roberts |
| Duration: | 00:01:21 |
| Master programe code and title: | Tom Roberts Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:18:40 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:20:01 |
| Master programme production number: | 044_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
