I was participating in an Erasmus exchange student program of one month duration this Spring (2019). The following entry is a response to a query about the travel. The destination country in question was Scotland. We integrated into a class of students’ daily study routine in Clyde College, Glasgow. To tell you the truth, when […]
Salpaus cooperation with Taiwan continues
On April 26, 2019, Salpaus Further Education, Lahti, signed a cooperation agreement with Tung Hai High School, Taipei, Taiwan. The memorandum will reinforce the ongoing international exchange of students and experts between the two schools. It will also allow for greater collaboration in joint study programmes and development projects. We also hope that this will […]
Guests from around the world!
April was a big month for Salpaus, with international visitors from all over the world. We hosted guests in many departments including Culinary, Electronics, Business management, Car Maintenance, Plumbing and Travel and Tourism. As mentioned, the guests came from a wide geographical area including Taiwan, Spain, Croatia, Scotland and the Dominican Republic. During the same […]
Developing Project Ideas with Palestinian Abed, Abdelfattah Abusrour, PhD
On the 19th of March the director of a cultural center for children and adolescents in Bethlehem (Abed, Abdelfattah Abusrour, PhD) visited our institute. The goal of this visit was to discuss possibilities for future cooperation and to see in which fields of education we have the strongest connections and overlap with their institute. During […]
Clyde College staff visit to Salpaus
3 members of Clyde College staff visited Salpaus from the 8th of January to the 10th January. This 3-day visit was designed to reinforce the cooperation that has been developing between our two education institutes over the last year. During the visit David Marshall, (Assistant Principal Student Experience) Marie Anderson, (CEIAG Project Leader) and Louise Reilly, (Senior Student […]
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH TIME
In the 19th century, the foundation of existing learning methods and systems was born. The learning environment developed at his time continued the same for nearly 150 years. Certain subjects were strongly connected to certain learning environments. An example is classroom subjects such as languages were the environment was always the same with a row […]
Practicing Top Expertise in ITE Singapore
The students from Salpaus have started their foreign practical placement in the Institute of Technical Education in Singapore with the fellow students of Ekami and Turku Vocational Institute. The students’ placements in ITE are supported by the Top Expertise Professional network funded by the National Education Agency of Finland. The aim of the network is […]
Meet immigrant students in Salpaus – Immigrant students learns Finnish working culture
In Salpaus, every day you may encounter many students from all over the world. Especially for immigrant student, Salpaus it is more than just a school but where they learn Finnish culture and get ready to jump in working life. Finnish language and culture course takes 3-4 month to complete. During course students have an […]
ITE Technology Institute Memorandum of Understanding
Singapore-based ITE Technology Institute and the Professional Education Service Skills Network signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Salpaus Further Education on 12.09.2018. The purpose of the agreement is to strengthen mobility and the development of education and training between Singapore and Finnish VET. In Finland, the network consists of five Vet-providers those being Ekami, KSAO, […]
Scottish student and teacher exchange cooperation
In spring 2018, four Salpaus staff members travelled to Scotland with the aim of developing student and teacher exchange. The trip included a visit to two colleges, Glasgow Clyde College and South Lanarkshire College. This fall it is planned that both colleges will visit to our facilities and that this cooperation is developed further. View the trip […]