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Paul Kavanagh went to a grammar school in Belfast but left before taking his O Levels and was imprisoned briefly in the Cages (Compounds of Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in the 1970s. He was later imprisoned in England in the Special Secure Units in Leicester and Full Sutton Prisons. In 1984 he studied for an O Level and an A Level then started his Open University studies in Social Sciences and Psychology in Full Sutton Prison in 1991. He was moved to Maghaberry Prison in 1994 and to the H Blocks in 1996 where he continued his Open University studies and gained an honours degree. Paul graduated in 1998 and was released in 1999. At the time of... interview in 2018 he was working in the Sinn Féin Policy Department in the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.
Paul Kavanagh went to a grammar school in Belfast but left before taking his O Levels and was imprisoned briefly in the Cages (Compounds of Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in the 1970s. He was later imprisoned in England in the Special Secure Units in Leicester and Full Sutton Prisons. In 1984 he studied for an O Level and an A Level then started his Open University studies in Social Sciences and Psychology in Full Sutton Prison in 1991. He was moved to Maghaberry Prison in 1994 and to the H Blocks in 1996 where he continued his Open University studies and gained an honours degree. Paul graduated in 1998 and was released in 1999. At the time of... interview in 2018 he was working in the Sinn Féin Policy Department in the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.
| Title: | The TV programmes were a massive massive help |
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| Description: | Paul Kavanagh remembers his time studying with The Open University when he was in an English prison and the study benefits and his real enjoyment of watching Open University TV programmes even those for courses he wasn’t studying and then discussing all these with other 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: | Paul Kavanagh |
| Duration: | 00:02:00 |
| Master programe code and title: | Paul Kavanagh Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:32:12 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:34:06 |
| Master programme production number: | 106_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
