At 15:08 29/11/01 +0000, you wrote:
>You are looking at this from a 'personal' point of view not from a
>'university' point of view.
yes, wouldn't it be nice if institutions and businesses allowed their
employees a bit more personal space instead of just treating them as
machines? isn't that what we learned in management class?
>Would your prospectus look as professional if each course leader had a few
>photos of their cats next to their course page or a recipe for
>meatloaf next to the intro by the director of school.
yes, of course, your employees have got that little common sense that they
will want to put a meatloaf recipe in your prospectus. i think we're
getting all worked up about nothing here.
>We wouldn't allow this in print and it's questionable whether we should
>allow it on the web, users looking at an address
>www.universityname.ac.uk/~staffpage would assume that it's an officially
>sanctioned page of www.universityname.ac.uk
put a disclaimer on then
>You don't see personal pages on HP, Sun, Sainsburys or any other large
>corporate company because it would damage their brand -
damage their brand? i'm sure lots of people (customers/prospective
students) would actually appreciate a personal touch.
>why should
>universities be any different?
because universities are not businesses but places where freedom of
expression and critical analysis are fostered. or so i used to believe a
long long time ago.
iris
(from home and therefore w/o disclaimer. ha!)
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