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 […]
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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 […]
Adult learning in Australia—the big picture
President of ALA, Professor Barry Golding will be offering a ‘big picture’ view of adult learning in Australia during his presentation at ALA’s national conference next month. Quests speaks with […]
Community education key to training reforms
Community colleges and learning centres are crucial to the Australian Government’s national training reforms and are a vital part of many local communities. Addressing the 2012 Community Colleges Australia Conference […]
Boosting foundation skills benefits workers and employers
Employers, industry representatives and adult literacy and numeracy specialists cametogether at the annual Australian Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL)Practitioners’ Conference in Brisbane on the 9th November Parliamentary Secretary for […]
New Adult Literacy Network Launched in TAS
The State Government today launched a new campaign to help improve adult literacy in Tasmania. The Premier, Lara Giddings, and the Minister for Education and Skills, Nick McKim, said the […]
ALA Conference 2012
What do you do to build resilience in yourself? This was the question posed by Byron Region Community College Director, Richard Vinycomb, to set the scene for the 52nd annual […]