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Brenda Mary Gourley (born December 1, 1943) was the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University from 2002 until 2009. == Career == Gourley is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an emeritus professor of Accounting and Finance. She presently serves as a non-executive director on a variety of Boards and Trusts in both the public and private sectors. She was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Natal, South Africa for eight years. When appointed at Natal in 1994 she was South Africa's first female Vice-Chancellor. The Brenda M Gourley Scholarship is awarded in her honour at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal for 'the undergraduate student ranked second in the full range of undergraduates throughout the University.'〔UKZN Scholarship Awards,http://www.ukzn.ac.za/docs/general-docs/list-of-students-awarded.pdf?sfvrsn=0〕 She was appointed the fourth Vice-Chancellor of the Open University in 2002.〔()〕 Gourley made a special effort to inspire the Open University to engage with Africa. This involved raising substantial funds to enable them to offer their services to Africa.〔Honorary Fellow of COL citation,http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/pcf5_brenda_gourley_citation.pdf〕 Gourley ensured that The Open University was the first British university to make a large selection of its educational resources freely available on the web,〔http://www.icde.org/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=636〕 and she continues to champion the Open Educational Resource movement.〔Open Learning at the Open University,http://www.open.edu/openlearn/〕 She supports the role of Higher Education in promoting social justice and finding a sustainable way of out of poverty.〔New technologies: new possibilities for reaching the unreached,http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2008presentations/Pages/2008-07-15a.aspx〕 Gourley was a Founder Member of the Talloires Network of universities and educational institutions; an organisation that is aimed at strengthening the civic roles of universities and higher education.〔The Talloires Network, http://talloiresnetwork.tufts.edu/list-of-participants/〕 She served as Chair, for two terms, of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.〔Honoris Causa, University of Catalonia, Barcelona,http://www.uoc.edu/hc/gourley/eng/trajectoria.html〕 Gourley has been on the board of the University of Brighton since April 2011〔(University of Brighton, http://www.brighton.ac.uk/aboutus/corporateinfo/governors.php )〕 Gourley is an independent non-executive director on the board of the South African listed company, AdvTech Ltd,〔(Group, http://www.advtech.co.za/about/board-of-directors )〕 and on the Board of Trustees of the charity group, IADP, the International Association for Digital Publications, that seeks to improve the educational experience and outcome of tertiary education in developing countries.〔IADP Board of Trustees, www.iadpnet.org/board-of-trustees〕 She is an elected Councillor on the City and Guilds of London Institute 〔City and Guilds of London,http://www.cityandguilds.com/About-Us/How-We-Are-Organised/The-Council〕 and a Trustee of The Royal Anniversary Trust which awards the biennial Queen's Anniversary Prize.〔Royal Anniversary Trustees,http://www.royalanniversarytrust.org.uk/news/appointment-of-trustees〕 Gourley has been a member of the Global Business Network of ‘remarkable’ people since 1995.〔Global Business Network,http://gbn.com/people/personlist.php?tag=management〕 In 2014 Gourley was awarded the Outstanding Educator Award from UNISA University of South Africa which acknowledges her 'significant contribution to our society in the area of primary/pre-primary, secondary or tertiary education.' 〔(University of South Africa, http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=25949 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brenda Gourley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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