For some people studying for their learner’s permit can be a major challenge. An Adelaide course is proving highly successful at getting new learner drivers out on the road. It’s not often you get a group of students aged 17 to 70 in the same classroom. But a course at Adelaide’s Bagster Road Community Centre […]
A Greenhouse Around the Corner is an initiative designed to provide energy efficiency information to the adult and community education sector. This project, managed by Adult Learning Australia, includes a website that is jam packed with useful resources for community education providers who want to learn more about energy efficiency. Another feature of this project […]
What is OctoberVET? The Australian VET Research Association (AVETRA) convenes OctoberVET events across the country each year. It provides the opportunity for new and experienced researchers to showcase their work, and for educators throughout the tertiary sector to discuss some of the issues most relevant to the sector. As well as providing opportunities to […]
Update your details because we have moved: Email info@ala.asn.au Address C/O Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St, Footscray VIC 3011 Phone 613 9689 8623 And….our new office comes with a cat!
A new family learning program shows that helping with homework improves communication between refugee parents and children. After school on Mondays and Tuesdays, a group of families speaking any one of a number of languages – Tamil, Hindi, Arabic, Burmese – arrive for a two-hour class at the William Langford Community House in suburban Perth. […]
The Adult Learning Australia Ltd. Annual Report 2013/2014 is now available. ALA Annual Report 2013_2014 Contents: 2014 AGM Agenda Minutes from 2013 AGM President’s Report Treasurers Report CEO’s Report ALA Board ALA Staff AJAL Editorial Board Financial Statements to 31 Dec 2013
We are pleased to advise we have completed the revisions to our guidelines for member use of ALA branding. Many thanks to all who contributed to the consultation and feedback process – we look forward to seeing our member logos proudly displayed on your web and social media platforms. To access the logos and usage […]
The 2014 ALA Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday August 22nd, 2014, 1.00pm – 2.00pm AEST, via teleconference. All members are warmly welcomed. ALA AGM Agenda August 2014 To participate in the AGM, please register using the form below. On submitting the form, you will receive a confirmation email, with further information about joining […]
A new program in Adelaide’s northern suburbs is helping young people get back on a career path. ‘Where to from here?’ at Adelaide’s Mawson Centre is aimed at 17–24 year olds who’ve left school but aren’t working or studying. They’re a group that course facilitator Kathryn Brady says can be vulnerable particularly if they are […]
While the traditional owners of Alice Springs, the Central Arrernte people, have lived on the land for thousands of years, the town’s population is fluid. Population churn, the turnover of people moving in and moving out, is high in Alice Springs, as it is throughout the Northern Territory. In an average year more people move […]
Cath Dunn has been an ALA Board member since 2012. She first came across ALA in 2000 in the course of her work with the WA Department of Training, where she was responsible for policy and projects related to equity in VET and adult community education (ACE). ALA along with local ACE organisations were part […]
ALA has a long history of offering free staff development webinars for its members. We’ve noticed that some members seem a bit unsure about what’s involved. Webinars are seminars or presentations that are conducted online using the Internet and that allow for interaction between the presenter and the participants. Webinars are convenient – bringing professional […]
An intergenerational mentorship program in Toowoomba is turning lives around. On a shaded park bench in Toowoomba, a young woman talks animatedly to an older man who nods his head and listens. At first glance you might not think they have much in common. But they are part of an award winning mentoring program that’s […]
A group of Indigenous elders have recorded their stories for future generations in a new book launched by North Coast TAFE. Sharon Taylor knows the power of documenting family history. She used to teach local Aboriginal Elders in and around Casino New South Wales about how to research and put together family stories. ‘The feedback […]
