Barry,
Actually I did not write that. Rather Alex Sproat at UAG wrote it. I
forwarded his message because I thought at least some members may find
their website of interest. Why he chooses to describe the relationship
between his service and the (British) media I cannot say. Perhaps he
perceives a hostility and a reluctance on their part to promote his
service as they see it as competition for the advertising of academic
positions and the money spent on that advertising. But I agree, his
language is intersting. :-}
> You wrote:
>
> "As you can imagine, the majority of the traditional media are still
> hostile to us."
>
> Why the hostility? Is there some 'traditional' opposition the academic
> community int he UK press?
>
> Barry Konkin
> City of Surrey
> Surrey BC
> Canada
> ----------
> From: Niall Johnson
> To: Critical Geography Forum
> Subject: [INFO] Academic jobs website
> Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 1:29PM
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> This website may be of interest to some, and may prove a useful resource.
>
> ----
> au revoir
>
> niall johnson
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Department of Geography and Sidney Sussex College
> University of Cambridge Cambridge
> United Kingdom CB2 3EN United Kingdom CB2 3HU
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> >From the UAG (Universities Advertising Group) and University of Warwick
>
> http://www.jobs.ac.uk
>
> Jobs for the Academic Community
>
> jobs.ac.uk is a an recruitment website owned and created by the
> academic community.
>
> The service advertises job vacancies for academic institutions around the
> world. It is an example of the academic community working together to
> create something of value and is a venture that the community should be
> justly proud of.
>
> In the 15 months since launch, jobs.ac.uk has gone from strength to
> strength. The website receives more than 12 000 visitors a day and
> provides a free jobs- by-email alert service for thousands of people
> around the world. Over 260 academic insitutions now regularly advertise
> their academic and related vacancies on the site.
>
> At just 40 pounds per advert, the website provides the academic community
> with a cost-effective alternative to expensive methods of recruitment
> advertising. Indeed, one institution has reported to us that by using
> jobs.ac.uk they have already saved 250 0000 pounds. This is money we hope
> will be ploughed back into research and education.
>
> As you can imagine, the majority of the traditional media are still
> hostile to us. We have, however, had some success in persuading elements
> of the press to be more co-operative. This is partly because they are
> aware of the huge support that jobs.ac.uk has within the academic world
> and that the service is not just going to 'go away'.
>
> Despite the success of jobs.ac.uk to date there is still much to be done.
> The more people academia know about jobs.ac.uk, the more effective it will
> become and the more money academic institutions will be able to save.
> Therefore, if you have not already done so, I would ask you to do any or
> all of the following:
>
> - please visit www.jobs.ac.uk and perhaps register with our jobs-by- email
> facility
>
> - contact us at [log in to unmask] and we will provide you with promotional
> material for your department or institution
>
> - inform friends and colleagues about the service whether they are in the
> UK or overseas
>
> - create a link to www.jobs.ac.uk from any webpages you are involved with
>
>
> If have any comments or suggestions you would like to make about our
> service, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alex Sproat
> Director
> Jobs for the Academic Community
> mailto: [log in to unmask]
>
>
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au revoir
niall johnson
Email: [log in to unmask]
Department of Geography and Sidney Sussex College
University of Cambridge Cambridge
United Kingdom CB2 3EN United Kingdom CB2 3HU
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