Dear Will
Can I copy your sign? It sounds perfect!
Very good point.
If you have anything to do with the WWW outside it is a
whole different world.
Evelyn Toseland
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:31:21 -0000 "Cox, Will"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > i think we're getting all worked up about nothing here.
> Yes that's right, let students and staff run their own businesses on university machines, provide MP3 and porn downloads, get your entire
> site blocked by filtering software because of content on a personal webpage - there are well documented examples of all of these, nothing to
> get worked up about!
>
> > put a disclaimer on then
> Do you read disclaimers - I don't. A disclaimer won't alter the perception of a user nor protect you from prosecution/litigation.
>
> > universities are not businesses
> That's why numerous institutions are in debt, have closed, merged and trimmed schools/faculties and even closed campuses.
>
> The world has changed, universities have to change, the service they deliver has to be as good as the service delivered by commercial
> organisations and their websites have to deliver in the same way too.
>
> I use a sign in presentations, it says "You are now entering a higher education website - please lower your expectations" - people laugh,
> but our customers don't find it funny.
>
> Will
>
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> Marketing and Development, Sheffield Hallam University
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iris [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 29 November 2001 15:49
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Staff webpages
>
>
> 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!)
>
> <http://www.demos.ac.uk/>
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