CHARLO – Change Agents for Regional and Local Organisations (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Send a motivational letter to liisa.wallenius@haaga-helia.fi as you enrol and apply to participate in the intensive course. 3-5 students will be chosen from Haaga-Helia to participate. Last enrolment day 24 January 2025.

Pre-assignment - March 2025

Intensive programme
6 - 12 April (Sunday - Saturday), a possiblity for the journey start on Saturday 5 April depending on the ferry schedules

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Blended – pre-course assignment and contact studies during the intensive week Sunday- Friday. Post-course assignment.

Intro

Come and develop circularity and learn to use Cirulab canvas tools. During the course you will work intensively in multicultural and disciplinary team in the Nordic-Baltic region.
The week's circularity challenge will be given by a local business and you will pitch your ideas in the end of the course.
Come and join this international course to learn more about circular economy and tools to implement it.

Materials

Circular Business Canva
Circular Economy related materials
Project related material on the course teams environment

Teaching methods and instruction

Pre-study of circular economy as instructed prior to the intensive week.

Intensive project activities Sunday - Friday in Maarianhamina, Åland islands (6 - 12 April)
This is an international Baltic-Nordic Nordplus course with participants from 14 universities.
Students work in teams on a real business challenge for a commissioner using Circular Business Canva.

Daily briefing lectures, team work, coaching sessions, company and industry visits in the business environment in question.
Travel and accommodation will be arranged and paid by the project.

Working life connections

Developing sustainable actions in cooperation with the business community.
Spring 2025, the developed community will be in Åland island, Finland.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam.

Internationality

Developing sustainable actions in cooperation with the business community.
Working in international setting in multi-cultural and -disciplinary teams.
Spring 2025, the developed community will be in Åland islands, Finland.

Completion alternatives

no alternative completion for this project course

Learning assignments

Pre-course assignment
1 Circular economy related pre-task to get acquainted with the commissioner and to benchmark the industry.
Course Assignments
2 Intensive programme activities according to Circular Business Canvas process
3 Team learning diary blog
4 Scientific blog text or article as team work with the Haaga-Helia student group.

Assessment methods

Assessment of
pre-assignment
intensive week activity and project assignments
learning blog/diary
scientific blog or article