The handbook produced by the unit was well received. The unit's web site was on display and attracted very favourable comment. The major fly in the ointment was the late start, due entirely to the necessity to round up the participants who became scattered round the Gilbert Scott Building. The Bedellus and his staff did their best, as did two of our students who were on marshalling duty. But a number of our guests, whom we had attracted from all over the UK and beyond, could not find their way from the Main Gate to the Senate Room because of the deplorable standard of signage on the campus.
Public relations is a fragile creature.
A great deal of work goes in to creating a favourable image, and yet that image can be tarnished without any effort at all. As far as the Law School and the unit are concerned, I think that the image was positive. I am not sure that the absence of a decent system of signing on the campus leaves anything but a bad impression of the University. But then, perhaps I should not address my concern about signs to the Newsletter, but instead to my Dean who, I understand, objected to the last plan for new signposting on campus when the subject came before Senate. Platform provides members of the University with the opportunity to air a personal view on the University's policies or activities.