Brenda Gourley
Brenda Mary Gourley (born December 1, 1943) was the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University from 2002 until 2009.
Career
Gourley is a qualified
She was appointed the fourth
Gourley was a Founder Member of the
Gourley was on the board of the University of Brighton from 2011 to 2015
Gourley has been awarded 14 honorary doctorates from universities on four continents and, in 2014, Gourley was awarded the Outstanding Educator Award by UNISA University of South Africa which acknowledges her 'significant contribution to our society in the area of primary/pre-primary, secondary or tertiary education.' [16]
In 2009 Gourley was named as one of the UK's most inspiring women in the Women in Public Life awards, receiving the International Public Servant of the Year and overall Outstanding Achiever awards.[17]
Honours and awards
- Honorary Degree: LLD, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (1997)[18]
- Honorary Degree: D.HLett, University of Richmond, United Kingdom (2004)[19]
- Honorary Degree: D.Ed., by the University of Abertay, United Kingdom (2004)[20]
- Honorary Degree: D.Phil., Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan (2007) in recognition of her eminence in the field of Distance Education and distinguished service to humanity,
- Honorary Degree: HC, Université du Québec à Montréal(2007)[21]
- Honorary Degree: DCom, by the University of Pretoria, South Africa (2008)[22]
- Honorary Fellowship of the Open University of Israel (2008) in recognition of her commitment to broadening access of the community to Higher Education.
- Honorary Fellowship of the Commonwealth of Learning (2008)
- Award of Individual Prize of Excellence by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (2008)[23]
- Symon's Medal awarded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities for contribution to Higher Education in the Commonwealth (2008)
- Honorary Degree: HC, by the Open University in the Netherlands(2009)
- Fellowship of the City and Guilds of London Institute for services to Higher Education (2009)[24]
- Award: International Public Servant of the Year Award made by Women in Public Life Initiative and Overall Outstanding Achiever of the Year Award made by same body (2009) in the United Kingdom.[25]
- Honorary Degree: HC: by The Open University of Catalonia, Spain (2011)[26]
- Honorary Degree: D.Phil., University of South Africa (2011) D.Phil. - in recognition of her contributions to Distance and Open Education[27]
- Fellowship of The Open University(2011)
- Honorary Degree: D.Phil., University of Gloucestershire (2011)[28]
- Honorary Degree: D.Ed., University of Witwatersrand (2012)[29]
- Honorary Degree: D.Ed., University of South Africa (2013)[30]
- UNISA Calabash Award 2014 UNISA (2014)[31]
References
- ^ UKZN Scholarship Awards,http://www.ukzn.ac.za/docs/general-docs/list-of-students-awarded.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Honoris Causa: Brenda M. Gourley". www.uoc.edu. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Honorary Fellow of COL citation,"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "ICDE". ICDE. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Open Learning at the Open University,http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
- ^ New technologies: new possibilities for reaching the unreached,"Commonwealth of Learning - New technologies: New possibilities for reaching the unreached". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ The Talloires Network, "List of Participants - the Talloires Network". Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ International Association of Universities, http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/pdf/anual_report2007.pdf Archived 2012-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Honoris Causa, University of Catalonia, Barcelona,http://www.uoc.edu/hc/gourley/eng/trajectoria.html
- ^ [ University of Brighton, http://www.brighton.ac.uk/aboutus/corporateinfo/governors.php]
- ^ [AdvTech Group, "Board of Directors | Chairman | Committees – ADvTECH". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.]
- ^ IADP Board of Trustees, www.iadpnet.org/board-of-trustees
- ^ "Honoris Causa: Brenda M. Gourley". www.uoc.edu. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ City and Guilds of London,http://www.cityandguilds.com/About-Us/How-We-Are-Organised/The-Council Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Royal Anniversary Trustees,http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/news/appointment-of-trustees Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [ University of South Africa, http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=25949]
- ^ UK Women in Public Life, http://www.womensgrid.org.uk/archive/2009/02/20/uk-women-in-public-life-awards-2009/
- ^ [Honorary Graduates of the University of Nottingham, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/registrar/documents/hon-deg-list-dec12.pdf[permanent dead link]]
- ^ [Honorary Degree Recipients Richmond University, http://www.richmond.ac.uk/content/admissions/about-richmond/honorary-degree-recipients.aspx Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine]
- ^ [University of Abertay, Alumni, "2004 | University of Abertay Dundee". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.]
- ^ [University of Quebec, Montreal,Canada, https://www.uqam.ca/nouvelles/2007/07-380.htm Archived 2014-08-06 at the Wayback Machine]
- ^ University of Pretoria Honorary Doctorates
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Honoris Causa: Brenda M. Gourley". www.uoc.edu. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Women in Public Life Award, "Past winners 2009". Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ [Open University of Catalonia, UOC, [1]]
- ^ UNISA, http://www.unisa.ac.za/media/PDFflips/VC_AnnualReview_2011/files/vc_annualreview_2011.pdf
- ^ University of Gloucestershire, http://www.glos.ac.uk/discover/heritage/pages/honorary-degree-recipients.aspx
- ^ University of the Witwatersrand, "Honorary Gourley | Graduations | NewsItems | Media Centre - Wits University". Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ University of South Africa - UNISA, "Honorary Degrees | Alumni Recognition | Resources | Alumni - Wits University". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ UNISA - South Africa, http://www.unisa.ac.za/news/index.php/2014/10/transformation-in-he-discussed-at-chancellors-calabash-awards/