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Student A is from Derry. He left school at sixteen with no qualifications and was imprisoned in the Official IRA Cages (Compounds the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) from 1974-76 and 1978-85. He studied Mathematics and Science courses with The Open University between 1981 and 1984. He was released in 1984 and studied at Queen’s University Belfast for a year before taking up employment.
Student A is from Derry. He left school at sixteen with no qualifications and was imprisoned in the Official IRA Cages (Compounds the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) from 1974-76 and 1978-85. He studied Mathematics and Science courses with The Open University between 1981 and 1984. He was released in 1984 and studied at Queen’s University Belfast for a year before taking up employment.
| Title: | Obstacles to study |
|---|---|
| Description: | Student A describes the conditions support and some resentment towards Open University study in the Official IRA Cages (Compounds of The Maze/Long Kesh Prison) and the impact of security restrictions in the early 1980s. | 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 A |
| Duration: | 00:01:16 |
| Master programe code and title: | Student A Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:02:03 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:03:18 |
| Master programme production number: | 039_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
