Shani Orgad asks what can/can't you say on a personal blog. I can give you two sides to this, both true even if contradictory. 1. If it is at all maintained by the university, the university can have a right to say No. (Warning: I don't know UK law.) Even if you're using a university computer, they have a right. 2. OTOH, in my 40 years of experience, many university administrators don't know the law -- or even their university ethics codes -- and just assert stuff. So you can always ask them to show you where the law and code forbids stuff. It's always better to have a trusted representative working for you on such matters, especially if they are a knowledgeable greivance officer of your faculty union or an experienced lawyer in the area -- libel, labour, etc. Having given my 2 shillings worth of advice, I must cut and run off to a conference until May 1. And it is too painful for me even now to discuss any more the details of my own experience. Good luck, Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit -- and contribute to -- my new fun website "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________