Welcome to. Finland Lahti Wellamo Community College. 11 December 2007

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1 Welcome to Finland Lahti Wellamo Community College 11 December 2007

2 We operate in the premises of Lahti Adult Education Centre The building was inaugurated exactly 20 year ago and was built to serve university and community college activities. It was designed by Architect Arto Sipinen and built using white concrete slabs, marble from Lapland as well as glass.

3 Wellamo Community College was founded in January this year.

4 Community college provides liberal adult education, which is open for everyone and based on one s own initiative

5 College trains persons going through different phases of life

6 PADASJOKI A community college owned by the City of Lahti. ASIKKALA Catchment area covers Artjärvi, Asikkala, Hollola, Hämeenkoski, Kärkölä, Myrskylä, Nastola, Orimattila and Padasjoki in addition to Lahti. There are some potential customers in the area. HÄMEEN- KOSKI KÄRKÖLÄ HOLLOLA LAHTI NASTOLA ORIMATTILA ARTJÄRVI MYRSKYLÄ

7 One office in Lahti Operations in over 100 locations

8 Annual expenditure amounts to approx. 3 MEUR State contributions account for close to 2 MEUR

9 College mission Wellamo Community College provides training opportunities as prescribed in the law on liberal adult education. The college observes the principles of life-long learning and supports students individual personal development as well as their ability to work in teams.

10 College training task Based on the needs of the citizens of its catchment area Wellamo Community College provides general education, which offers an opportunity for self-development as well as a chance to pursue interest-oriented studies in a variety of subjects in the various phases of life. College provides training in art and craft subjects, languages, physical exercise, information technology and social subjects. Wellamo Community College also offers Open University courses as well as basic art studies. Study program also includes National Certificates of Language Proficiency.

11 Students enroll on our courses electronically at our web site or on the phone. Enrolment for our spring courses has begun only today.

12 Training is provided in: Art subjects (music, visual arts) Craft subjects (handicrafts, woodwork) Languages Physical exercise Social subjects Information technology

13 28 full-time staff members Some 320 hourly paid teachers this academic year.

14 This autumn we have approx students. Most of them are women. They represent all age groups. E.g. 48 hours of Swedish studies cost a student 52

15 Future challenges include: The needs of an aging population Training for immigrants

16 This academic year we offer a total of 130 IT related courses. IT training is divided into two sectors: 1) interest-oriented studies e.g. Computing basics for senior citizens 2) diploma-oriented studies e.g. Computer driving license

17 IT training aims at providing basic skills that enable learning in the various sectors of IT and making use of the technology available. Courses encourage people to use the computer and guide them towards independent work and basic hardware management. Courses also aim at helping people to cope with the development of our increasingly computerized society.

18 Examples of IT courses: Basics of word processing Enjoy your internet Create your own website Internet banking services Skype internet phone calls Old photos into the digital era

19 We aim at being a community college for people of all ages Thank you!