Investiture of Brenda Gourley as Honorary Doctor for her unconditional defence of universal access to education and knowledge, based on freedom and respect for human rights and social equality.

Thursday February 24 2011, at 12 noon.
Headquarters of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Av. Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035, Barcelona

The Honorary Doctorate is the highest academic distinction awarded to individuals by the UOC in recognition of their professional and academic merits, their contribution to science, their contribution to the development of knowledge and their expertise in their area of study. It may also recognise their scientific and cultural links to the UOC.

The decision to award an honorary doctorate comes from the Governing Council. At the investiture ceremony, the UOC invites them to form part of its senate of doctors.

The UOC’s first honorary doctorate was awarded to Josep Laporte i Salas.