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 quo is not working. “This has been a long time coming. Funding cuts and open competition in the VET system have failed both students and […]
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 through member participation in our conference, forums, webinars and feedback. You can check out our response here.
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 2018.
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 discuss international and national perspectives on lifelong learning. It also introduced local best practice case studies and interactive sessions for participants.Lifelong Learning in Australia Workshop […]
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 case study has been written to inform discussion and debate, and inspire evidence based action around adult English LLN in the Northern Territory. We are […]
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 solely to strengthening education systems in the world’s poorest countries. GPE brings together national governments, donor countries, multilateral agencies, international organisations, foundations, the private sector and […]
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 the latest edition. Quest 4, 2017 Articles include: Serving up culture Message from the CEO Spanner in the works? Tips for taking stock Adult literacy […]
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, Joel Hedegaard & Barry Golding Australia has around 1,000 Men’s Sheds – informal community based workshops offering men beyond paid work somewhere to go, something […]
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 in an educational, community or workplace context. Applications can be made by relevant individuals or organisations (eg colleagues, professional bodies, students, employers, industry or community […]
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 education in Australia but says the plan does not go far enough. The report, Future Proof, Protecting Australians through Education and Skills, proposes a new […]
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 Community Engagement (WCE) initiative within the Office of Pro Vice Chancellor – Indigenous Leadership (OPVC-IL) at Charles Darwin University (Shalley and Stewart). The report was […]
The Hon. Karen Andrews, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, launches ALW at Parliament House Theatre, Canberra Click here for the speech.
AJAL Volume 57, Number 2, July 2017 Here is the latest issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning. Bringing together learning from two worlds: Lessons from a gender-inclusive community education approach with smallholder farmers in Papua New Guinea Authors: Barbara Pamphilon and Katja Mikhailovich – University of Canberra, Australia The paper details a community […]
Globally 61 million girls continue to miss out on primary and lower-secondary school and 758 million adults lack any literacy skills; two-thirds of whom are women. If education is to contribute to addressing the urgent issues of poverty, conflict and climate change – what can be done to mobilise the will and resources needed to ensure the right of every person access to high quality affordable education and training ?
What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) give us the framework to deal with global issues such as poverty, equitable access to education and social injustice. Good quality and inclusive education is a powerful vehicle for sustainable development. Equal access to education that is blind to gender and social disadvantage […]
