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William Mitchell is from Belfast. His schooling was disrupted by the conflict and he left school at fifteen with no qualifications. He was imprisoned in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Compounds of Long Kesh (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1975 aged seventeen. During his time in Compound 21 he studied for his O Levels gained a coaching badge in Athletics and studied The Open University short Community Education course ‘Health Choices’. After his release in 1987 he was a Youth and Community worker with communities across the Shankill and Falls Road gaining first a diploma from the YMCA George Williams College then an undergraduate d...egree and finally a PhD from the University of Ulster in Youth and Community Work. At the time of interview in 2017 William was Project Director for the UVF civilianisation programme Action for Community Transformation and a lecturer with YCMA George Williams College.
William Mitchell is from Belfast. His schooling was disrupted by the conflict and he left school at fifteen with no qualifications. He was imprisoned in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Compounds of Long Kesh (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in 1975 aged seventeen. During his time in Compound 21 he studied for his O Levels gained a coaching badge in Athletics and studied The Open University short Community Education course ‘Health Choices’. After his release in 1987 he was a Youth and Community worker with communities across the Shankill and Falls Road gaining first a diploma from the YMCA George Williams College then an undergraduate d...egree and finally a PhD from the University of Ulster in Youth and Community Work. At the time of interview in 2017 William was Project Director for the UVF civilianisation programme Action for Community Transformation and a lecturer with YCMA George Williams College.
| Title: | Studying ‘Health Choices’ |
|---|---|
| Description: | William Mitchell describes his passion for studying physical and mental health running over 100 miles a week while in the UVF Compound 21 (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) studying The Open University short Community Education course ‘Health Choices’ in the early 1980s and how he still has his original ceritifcate from The Open University after over 30 years. | 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: | William Mitchell |
| Duration: | 00:01:51 |
| Master programe code and title: | William Mitchell Interview |
| Master programme start time: | 00:41:07 |
| Master programme end time: | 00:43:02 |
| Master programme production number: | 046_S_01 |
| Available to public: | yes |
