The farewell lectures of professors Kaarle Nordenstreng and Jorma Sipilä are now available also as a video recording. Only in Finnish, I am afraid, but providing long perspectives and much insight to the development of Finnish university system, as well as our university and its certain disciplines. Flash video is here:
http://www.uta.fi/ajankohtaista/yliopistouutiset/0509/2705/jaahyvaisluennot.html
PDF version of Nordenstreng’s talk is here:
http://www.uta.fi/ajankohtaista/yliopistouutiset/0509/2705/jaahyvaisluento.pdf
and Sipilä’s lecture text is here as an RTF:
http://www.uta.fi/ajankohtaista/yliopistouutiset/0509/2705/sipilanpuhe0509.rtf
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