Foundation Skills Workforce Development Project
The SA Government have developed a website to showcase the features of the National Foundation Skills Workforce Development Project. View the site here.
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2014 Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award
Apply Now The Australian Training Awards are the peak, national awards for the vocational education and training (VET) sector, recognising individuals, businesses and registered training organisations for their contribution to […]
ALA forum: From LLN to Foundation Skills
Adult Learning Australia, in partnership with the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC), held a forum at the State Library of Victoria Conference Centre. The forum explored different […]
AVETRA Conference
Adult Learning Australia is partnering with AVETRA to provide an adult learning stream within the AVETRA conference to be held on the 22nd – 24th April, 2014 on the […]
ALA webinar: Starting out with solar pv
You’ve made the decision to go solar now it’s time for the hard bit – choosing the right system and supplier. It’s important to take a lot of care when […]
Showing and telling – the Men’s Shed crawl
Australian and international delegates from the 5th National Men’s Shed conference took to the road to study the secrets of the success of the Men’s Shed movement. It was early […]
Bridging the digital divide
Across the country Australians are being offered free tools and training to help them get online. Think about all the things you do in a day – both at work […]
Putting your website to work
You probably invest time and effort in making sure your building looks welcoming and inviting and your staff are friendly and professional. But can you say the same […]
Social Inclusion in Learning Conference
As part of Social Inclusion Week 2013, the Centre of Adult Education (CAE) in partnership with Adult Learning Australia organised a conference for over a hundred people at the […]
Celebrating a century of workers’ education
A one hundredth birthday is worth celebrating and the Workers’ Education Association (WEA) have made a great job of it in 2013 with the centenary of the organisation’s arrival […]
Christmas wishes for adult learners
If the government could give adult learners one thing for Christmas, what would it be? Our new ALA board has lots of suggestions. Professor Barry Golding I’d like to see […]
Women trading places
Bianca Murray Bianca Murray has discovered a passion for cabinet making. Karren Duri has realised how much she wants to be an electrician. And Maria Polodonis has a […]
Students making their mark
It’s a wet and windy spring morning in Melbourne’s CBD. A group of young people are battling the wild weather and pasting sheets of paper to a brick wall opposite […]
Hall of fame for adult educators
Los Angeles has Grauman’s Chinese theatre where Hollywood stars are celebrated on the footpath. Philadelphia celebrates baseball on its Wall of Fame. In Oklahoma, it’s leading adult educators who are […]