Degrees of Freedom

Openings and Introductions: Education for the many, prison for the few ~ Rod Earle and James Mehigan


From Prisoner to Student ~ Anne Pike and Ruth McFarlane


Vignette 1: Choosing my journey - Kamal Abdul


Pioneers and Politics: Open University Journeys in British and Irish prisons in Long Kesh during the years of conflict 1972-1975 ~ Philip O'Sullivan & Gabi Kent


Vignette 2: Avoiding the mind-numbing vortex of drivel ... - Thomas


A University Without Walls ~ Dan Weinbren


Vignette 3: Starting a new chapter - Mr C.T. Morgans


Open universities, close prisons: critical arguments for the future ~ Rod Earle & James Mehigan


Vignette 4: Out of the abysmal - 'Eris'


The Light to Fight The Shadows: On Education as Liberation ~ Kris McPherson


From Despair to Hope ~ Margaret Gough


Vignette 5: Making my commitment - Razib Quraishi


Straight up! From HMP to PhD ~ Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski


From Open University in Prison to Convict Criminology Upon Release: Mind the Gap ~ Michael Irwin


Vignette 6: Message to a prisoner - Gordon McDonald


From the School of Hard Knocks to the University of Hard Locks ~ Abdulhaq Al-Wazeer


Becoming Me with The Open University ~ Edwin Screeche-Powell


Vignette 7: Catching up with Kafka - Steven Taylor


From D102 to Paulo Freire: an Irish Journey ~ Laurence McKeown


Vignette 8: My journey, my new life - Dan Micklethwaite


Ex-prisoners and the transformative power of higher education ~ David Honeywell


Vignette 9: Prison choices: taking a degree or packing tea? - Alan Jermey


What the OU did for me ~ Erwin James


Appendix 1: Study with the OU