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Maurice Kennedy worked as Staff Tutor in Mathematics and Computing with The Open University from 1973 until his retirement in 2009. He was an Associate Lecturer from 1971 and tutored Mathematics students in the Compounds and H Blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison Magilligan Portlaoise Arbour Hill Mountjoy Wheatfield Limerick and Cork Prisons along with Crumlin Road Gaol and the Curragh in the years 1977-2009. During this time he was responsible for organising and supporting tutors to work with Open University students studying Mathematics in prisons and he acted as Academic Counsellor to those students. Maurice also worked for the Priso...n Education Department from 1977 in the Compounds and H Blocks as a part-time teacher of A Level Mathematics. He had previously studied at Queen’s University Belfast and after completing his doctorate had worked there in the computer laboratory for several years.
Maurice Kennedy worked as Staff Tutor in Mathematics and Computing with The Open University from 1973 until his retirement in 2009. He was an Associate Lecturer from 1971 and tutored Mathematics students in the Compounds and H Blocks of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison Magilligan Portlaoise Arbour Hill Mountjoy Wheatfield Limerick and Cork Prisons along with Crumlin Road Gaol and the Curragh in the years 1977-2009. During this time he was responsible for organising and supporting tutors to work with Open University students studying Mathematics in prisons and he acted as Academic Counsellor to those students. Maurice also worked for the Priso...n Education Department from 1977 in the Compounds and H Blocks as a part-time teacher of A Level Mathematics. He had previously studied at Queen’s University Belfast and after completing his doctorate had worked there in the computer laboratory for several years.
| Title: | The highlights of teaching |
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| Description: | Maurice Kennedy Staff Tutor in Mathematics at the Open University describes the highlights of teaching in the prisons his students gaining the highest grades and their graduations. | 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: | Maurice Kennedy |
| Duration: | 00:01:06 |
| Master programe code and title: | Maurice Kennedy Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:14:37 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:15:43 |
| Master programme production number: | 073_T_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
