Adult and community education peak bodies – Adult and Community Education Victoria (ACEVic), Neighbourhood Houses Victoria (NHV), Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and Community Colleges Australia (CCA) welcome The Future of Adult and Community Education in Victoria 2020-2025 Ministerial Statement which…
Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult community education (ACE), welcomes the Victorian Government’s commitment to ACE through a Ministerial Statement that acknowledges its transformative power and unique strengths. In launching the Ministerial Statement on the Future of…
About this podcast Social procurement is a rapidly emerging opportunity for social enterprises to start, grow and scale their businesses and their social impact. In 2017, Social Traders worked with 15 corporate and government buyers to support their procurement teams…
A young father who can now read stories to his daughter, a formerly homeless mother of five who now has a bright future, and a young woman with severe hearing loss who can now communicate using Auslan are the recipients…
Digital transformation, an ageing population and growing inequality are urgent challenges in Australia that adult education can solve according to Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult and community education. Downloads: Adult education is the key to tackling…
Volume 59, Number 2, July 2019 Interactivity, connectedness and ‘teacher-presence’: Engaging and retaining students online Cathy Stone & Matthew Springer A picture paints a thousand words: Collage-making in higher education problem-based learning Sarah Gat, Margalit Pade & Michael Averech Bar…
The Asia Pacific Civil Society Spotlight Reports on SDG 4 prepared by ASPBAE and national education coalitions in 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific Region (including ACED) were launched during the side event on ‘Education to End Inequality and Promote Peace’…
Adult Learning Australia congratulates Dan Tehan on his re-appointment as Minister for Education, and Senator Michaelia Cash as Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business. ALA also congratulates Steve Irons on his new appointment as Assistant Minister for Vocational…
Adult Learning Australia supports the Australian Coalition for Education Development’s (ACED) call for a national plan on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Australia is one of 193 countries that have signed onto the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which…
In our first issue of Quest for 2019, you can read about: A taste for work Message from the CEO Playing with English Prison radio makes waves Leading by example Tips for building learner confidence ACE news Read the complete…
Australia’s modern economy and society have created new demands for high levels of literacy and numeracy. Technological advancement and globalisation have decreased the availability of low skills jobs and increased the number of jobs that require high levels of information…
On 12 December 2018, the AQF Review Panel released a discussion paper, and called for submissions. Our response In our response, we recommended that the AQF go further in terms of embracing a lifelong learning model not just to ensure…
Senator Mehreen Faruqi – Spokesperson for Education and Lifelong Learning How does your party recognise the role of Adult and Community Education in the Australian education system? Lifelong learning is at the very core of the Greens’ principles on education.…
In the lead up to the NSW election, Adult Learning Australia contacted the NSW caketaker Government and NSW Labor for their policy positions on the role of community education providers in NSW VET service provision. NSW CAKETAKER GOVERNMENT RESPONSE “Regarding…
The It Takes a Village campaign is run by the Community Council for Australia. The campaign aims to encourage Australians to recognise that we all have a role to play in the education of our country’s young people. Positive support…
Lifelong learning, specifically adult learning, varies enormously across the world, even within OECD countries, let alone the developing world.
Adult Learning Australia (ALA) welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Victorian Government Royal Commission into Mental Health.
