‘Threads of everyday violence’, Jiniya Afroze, Open University research student

Online media for this item is not available.

Description
Jiniya Afroze is a research student in the Open University’s Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies. Her PhD investigates ‘Threads of everyday violence: Childhood in an Urdu-speak...ing Bihari camp in Bangladesh’. This is one of a series of films in which OU research students discuss their research and degree journey.

Thumbnail	Title	Description	Date
	It allowed me to see things differently	Billy Hutchinson recalls how his academic study with the Open University in the Compounds (the Maze...
	A bit of a catalyst for further discussions	Brendan Mackin reflects on how Open University students from different Compounds (the Maze and Long...
	The power and the value of knowledge	Gabi Kent worked as documentary film maker and digital storytelling practitioner in the area of...
	Part of living is making use of all the time	David Smyth describes how Open University study and physical exercise became his way of life in the...
	Could be difficult!	Eamonn MacDermott remembers how using the experiment kit for his Level One Science course (S102)...
	Everything that I have learned from it I have applied	Eddie Kinner studied with The Open University in the Compounds (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and...
	There are things out there that you never had time to think about	Eoghan MacCormaic recalls how he found certain Geography courses very interesting and reflects on...
	Studying in Portlaoise Prison	Student F looks back on studying with the Open University in Portlaoise prison during the 1990s how...
	What was it like to study in prison?	Garnet Busby describes what it was like to be a student in the H Blocks in the 1980s
	I think what the Open University was was a fountain.	Gary Smyth recalls how much he loved studying a wide range of courses with The Open University. He...
	1998 was a very different year	Geraldine Ward studied Social Sciences with The Open University in Maghaberry Prison and was the...
	Sharing books and building a library	Harry Donaghy describes his love of books building a library and sharing books including Open...
	There was a great thirst for knowledge	Jackie MacMullan recalls his feelings at starting studying with The Open University in 1985 after...
	When I go into an art gallery I can recognise the artists that I studied then.	Jennifer McCann remembers many of The Open University courses she studied in prison naming her...
	It may as well have been written in hieroglyphics	Jim McVeigh recounts how he went into the Republican Wings of the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh...
	A Supportive Technology Tutor	Student E describes how the support of his tutor made all the difference when studying a Technology...
	Would you be interested in Education?	Joe Doherty recalls the change of culture and emphasis from prisoners doing military drilling in...
	Translating for the Peace Process	Student C describes how Open University students helped other prisoners in Loyalist Wings of the H...
	A bespoke Women’s Studies course by request	Laurence McKeown was in the Republican wings of the H Blocks (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and...
	Here’s what it will do for you now	Liam McAnoy was imprisoned in the Official IRA Compounds (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) and...
	That whole sense of achieving something	Martin Snoddon was imprisoned in the Ulster Volunteer Compound 21 of Long Kesh Prison Camp (the...
	Clip from Martina Anderson interview
	Starting Open University study	Martina Anderson, Republican ex prisoner describes studying in Durham Prison and starting Open...
	Studying the Arts in a H Block cell	Michael Atcheson, a Loyalist ex-prisoner, describes his enjoyment of studying the level 1 OU Arts...
	Cascading the Social Sciences in the H Blocks	Michael Culbert explains the reason for and importance of studying Social Sciences in the...
	I was on the very first course	Noel Quigley Education Officer for Provisional IRA prisoners in 1973 describes a meeting with the...
	Paulo Freire a new approach to education	Paddy an Open University graduate describes the contrast between his school experiences and...
	Moral Philosophy is relevant in the political world	Pat Sheehan studied Social Sciences and Philosophy with The Open University in the Republican Wings...
	It challenged my whole belief system	Peadar O’Cuinneagain recalls how the third level Philosophy course ‘Life and Death’...
	We entered into the formal education system	Raymond McCartney describes education among Republican prisoners on the Blanket Protest in the H...
	When is a spring a security risk?	Robert Campbell describes his experiences of studying Mathematics with The Open University in the...
	It was gold dust!	Robert Kerr describes his reasons for studying the Social Sciences Foundation Course D102 in the...
	The idea of the Prison becoming a University	Robert McClenaghan describes classes led by Open University students with fellow Republican...
	Long Kesh in 1974	Ronnie McCullough was in the first group of Loyalists to be transferred in 1972 to the newly opened...
	It helped our political education	Rosie McCorley describes the educational ethos amongst the Republican women in Magahaberry Prison...
	Long Kesh was just full of ideas and discussion	Seán Lynch describes being challenged by other Republican prisoners to become involved in...
	Winning the battle for education	Sean Murray had completed his first year studies with Queen’s University Belfast in Long Kesh...
	Lessons from history	Séanna Walsh studied History with The Open University in the 1990s in the Republican Wings of the...
	Obstacles to study	Student A describes the conditions support and some resentment towards Open University study in the...
	It really taught me how to be free	Student B was imprisoned in the UVF Compounds (the Maze and Long Kesh Prison) in the 1970s and...
	A strip search and its impact on Open University study	Mary McArdle describes the sense of achievement and confidence gained from her studies in prison...
	I could never over emphasize the importance of the tutors	Student G describes the importance of tutor visits and the opportunity to discuss course ideas
	And that whole conversation with them was good	Student H studied with The Open University in the mid-1990s in England in Full Sutton Prison and in...
	Discrimination against ex-prisoners despite educational achievements	Tom Roberts studied with The Open University in the Loyalist wings of the H Blocks (the Maze and...
	I got those skills from the OU	Tommy Quigley Republican ex prisoner was imprisoned from 1984 in the Special Secure Units of...
	Studying ‘Health Choices’	William Mitchell describes his passion for studying physical and mental health running over 100...
	The first person to get an Open University degree was a Loyalist	William ‘Plum’ Smith counters the misconception that only Republicans studied in prison. He...
	He looked at me and I looked at him and we both burst out laughing	Alan Sharp Open University Associate Lecturer in History recalls a humorous exchange with one of...
	I am not kind of concerned with how I was seen it was how I felt.	Alan Walbridge Open University Associate Lecturer in Technology reflects on his practical teaching...
	Reflections on Teaching World War Two History in the H Blocks	Brian Barton reflects on tutoring ‘War Peace and Social Change: Europe 1900-1955’ with...