Brenda M. Gourley. Honorary Doctor

Wikipedia's entry on Professor Brenda Gourley.

A pre-recorded search using the Google Scholar search engine which specialises in scientific information.

A selection of videos with interviews and talks by Brenda Gourley.

A selection of videos with interviews and talks by Brenda Gourley.

An interview with Brenda Gourley at the end of April 2007 as Vice-Chancellor of the Open University, who visited the UOC in order to sign a collaboration agreement and to talk of new joint projects.

The investiture ceremony to confer Brenda Gourley with an honorary doctorate is to take place on 17 February 2011. The website will have a short video of events, transcripts of the speeches, etc. It also has information on the previous honorary doctorates awarded by the UOC.

An international distance education university in Great Britain. Founded in 1969, the University offers numerous university distance degrees at undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and continuing education levels in a wide variety of multidisciplinary areas.

Professor Gourley was Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in South-Africa from 1994 to 2001.

Professor Gourley is currently a Senior Fellow at the Jonathan Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University.

Brenda Gourley has held important positions on Boards and Trusts, serving two terms of office as Chair of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the oldest and one of the largest inter-university networks in the world.

Gourley served as Chair of The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa, which is one of the leading scientific and technology research, development and implementation organisations in Africa.

Currently, Brenda Gourley chairs The Talloires Network Steering Committee, an international association of institutions committed to strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education.

In 2008 Professor Gourley was designated Honorary Fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning.

In 2008 Professor Gourley received the Award of Individual Prize of Excellence by the International Council for Open and Distance Learning.