Sydney women get down to microbusiness
Where can new Australian resident, Jiraporn go to improve her English, meet with friends, access childcare and learn social media all while developing a business plan for the clothing shop […]
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CEO Message Dec 2012
Adult Australians need to develop their skills across their lifetimes for a range of reasons: including social, emotional, economic, vocational and wellbeing purposes. Further, these needs will change over the […]
Outstanding adult educator inducted into Hall of Fame
Adult learning Australia is delighted to announce that Dr. Jose Roberto (Robbie) Guevara, President of ASPBAE, was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame in October of this year. […]
Farewell Roger Harris
Adult Learning Australia farewells Roger Harris, who has edited the Australian Journal of Adult Learning (AJAL) for almost 23 years of its 52 year life-span. Under Roger’s dedicated leadership, the […]
Home-based learning scores top marks in NT
In three diverse locations in Australia, a new Indigenous education program conceived in the US is achieving unprecedented success in engaging mothers of Indigenous newborns. Quest travelled to central Australia […]
ALA National Conference 2012
The 52nd Adult Learning Australia national conference was held in Byron Bay last October. Byron Region Community College hosted over one hundred participants in a very successful event exploring Lifelong […]
Tips & trends
Attracting and keeping positive committee members The Spiers Centre is a not for profit charitable organisation that provides a variety of programs to support predominantly low income families and […]
ALA Award winners 2012
Adult Learning Australia congratulates the winners of its 2012 annual awards, presented at the recent national conference in Byron Bay. Australian Adult Educator of the Year Sue Ross WEA, Adelaide […]
Meet our Ambassador: Julie McCrossin
ALA is delighted to welcome professional facilitator and popular media personality, Julie McCrossin, as one of our new Ambassadors. 1. Thank you for becoming an Ambassador for Adult Learning Australia. […]
Boost for Neighbourhood Houses across Victoria
Neighbourhood Houses across Victoria will benefit from almost $700,000 in funding from the Victorian Coalition Government announced today by Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge. Forty-five Neighbourhood Houses and Neighbourhood […]
Literacy for Life: New Foundation to boost Aboriginal literacy
Leading Australian construction company Brookfield Multiplex is to throw its might behind an innovative program to tackle one of the most pressing social issues facing Aboriginal people today, low adult […]
Just a very special person
Tribute to Jack McDonell 25-2-26—10-8-12 The staff and board of Adult Learning Australia were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former ALA board member John ‘Jack’ McDonnell on […]
To print or not to print?
With the rapid rise of online marketing many adult education providers have begun to ask—do we still need to produce a printed brochure? Trends from the US show that […]
Long serving CEO of WEA honoured on Queen’s Birthday List
The WEA in Adelaide is one of Australia’s most successful ACE organisations and Denis Binnion was at its helm for almost 20 years. This May, he was made a member […]
ALA welcomes Ursula Stephens
We are delighted to announce that Senator Ursula Stephens has agreed to join Adult Learning Australia as an Ambassador. Ursula has been a Senator for NSW since 2001 and Parliamentary […]