Campus Västra Skaraborg is part of the formal Swedish school system, funded by the state and the municipality and providing adult education for the inhabitants of the municipality Lidköping as well as neighbouring municipalities Götene, Vara, Grästorp and Essunga. The head office and head school for adult learners are in Lidköping.
The five municipalities cooperate regarding adult education in order to offer a vast choice of courses and programs. The aim is to inspire people to study as adults, regardless of motives. Be it to get qualified for a new occupation, increased competence within the current occupation or for pure pleasure, Campus Västra Skaraborg has programs and courses for everyone.
Campus Västra Skaraborg organization consists of different branches:
1) Municipal Adult Education which is divided into:
-Swedish tuition for immigrants with about 400 learners
-Basic courses at compulsory school level with about 50 learners
-Courses at upper secondary school level with about 650 learners (mostly learners who want to prepare for university)
-Courses for adult learners with learning disabilities with about 55 learners
2) Study Support Centre for university distance learning. The students attend courses at colleges and universities across Sweden and follow lectures via video conferencing equipment or as streaming video. A total of about 600 students study through our study support centre.
3) Municipal centre for study/career counselling and validation, which is attached to the organization.
Apart from the kinds of education mentioned, Campus Västra Skaraborg offers higher vocational education (a customized training program in close cooperation with worklife) (e.g. as an accountant, in sustainable tourism and marketing, electricity designer etc.), vocational adult education and apprenticeship (combination of theory on an upper secondary level and practice), health and social care programmes, one-day and several-day courses that give people more competence in a particular subject matter and open lectures for everyone.
Campus Västra Skaraborg’s mission is to give everyone a second chance at education – at all levels. The aim is to increase the level of competence in the region, promoting industry and trade in order to be more competitive. There is a close cooperation with different organizations, common people and businesses to investigate and embrace the need of education. Many of the courses at Campus Västra Skaraborg are developed together with business life.
Campus Västra Skaraborg maintains international contacts through cooperation in different projects, both within and outside of the EU. Students and staff can participate in project work, exchanges, practice placement or job shadowing, make study visits or study abroad in many countries.
The town council provides most of the finances, with an addition of state funds for certain kinds of education. In total there are slightly more than 80 members of staff in the school building that once was built to accommodate a mechanical industry. It was rebuilt in 2006 and transformed into a modern learning environment.