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a fairer Australia

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a fairer Australia

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Media release: Record boost for Neighbourhood Houses, TAFE & jobs in Victoria

The Andrews Government’s strong investment in neighbourhood houses and its commitment to rebuilding the public education system in Victoria is to be congratulated, says Adult Learning Australia, the national peak […]

ALA summit: Towards a national lifelong learning policy for Australia

From ideal to real The aim of our Summit was to put lifelong learning centre stage by bringing together leaders from across adult education, community, social services, government and business […]

New head for International Council for Adult Education

Activist for Indigenous adult education, Associate Professor Sandy Morrison of Waikato University New Zealand has been elected head of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). When she was a […]

Media release: Adult Learning Australia congratulates the new leader of The Nationals

Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult and community education (ACE), congratulates the new Leader of The Nationals, the Hon Michael McCormack. Rural and regional Australians experience significant […]

Media release and submission: ALA welcomes Labor’s shake-up of post-school education

Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult and community education (ACE), welcomes Labor’s commitment to an inquiry into Australia’s post-school education system, and the acknowledgement that the status […]

ALA’s 2018-2019 pre budget submission

Adult Learning Australia submitted to the Australian Government’s 2018–19 Budget through the pre-Budget submission process. This submission took into account ALA’s policies and the information we gathered from our members […]

Want to join the ALA team? We’re hiring!

Project and Administration Officer – click for more info. Work Type/s: Contract, Part Time Classification/s: Administration, Education & Training Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP) Location: Footscray Applications close February 9th […]

Lifelong learning in Australia: putting practice into policy and policy into practice – workshop report, 28 November 2017

A forum hosted by Melton City Council with partners, Adult Learning Australia, RMIT and the Australian Learning Communities Network, which brought together practitioners from the learning and education sectors to […]

Socio-cultural learning and Aboriginal adult English LLN delivery

A case study commissioned by the Australian Government funded Whole of Community Engagement initiative (led by Charles Darwin University) documents Yuendumu communities’ experience of literacy development and socio-cultural learning.  The […]

Australia’s contribution to the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

ALA cosigned a letter to The Honourable Julie Bishop MP supporting Australia’s contribution to the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The GPE is the only global fund dedicated […]

Latest Quest

Quest is Adult Learning Australia’s national magazine. It is an informative mix of feature writing, news, analysis and stories from the ground for a national and international audience. Check out […]

AJAL out now

AJAL Volume 57, Number 3, November 2017 Here is the latest issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning.   How the Men’s Shed idea travels to Scandinavia Authors: Helene Ahl, […]

Award for excellence in LLN

Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award The Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) Practice Award recognises innovation and excellence by an individual involved in improving LLN skills […]

ALA endorses a system of lifelong education

Adult Learning Australia welcomes Business Council’s endorsement of lifelong learning Adult Learning Australia (ALA) welcomed the plan released by the Business Council of Australia (BCA) for a system of lifelong […]

English Language, Literacy and Numeracy for Aboriginal adults in the Northern Territory

A Statistical Overview: Aboriginal Adult English Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) in the Northern Territory The report and action statement were recently published by the Australian Government funded, Whole of […]

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