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a fairer Australia

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Call for feedback on the profile of Victorian pre-accredited educators

Help the Department of Education and Training understand your capabilities and needs. Dandalo partners want to know more about the capabilities of pre-accredited educators. They want to know about your […]

Adult Education in Global Times 2021 – Registration now open

Adult Education in Global Times 2021 registration is now open and deadline for Proceedings submissions extended to April 7. Learn more about the AEGT2021 Conference update and Keynote panel   […]

It’s time for action – Community Agencies For Digital Inclusion

Rolling lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced all of us to go online for medical advice and treatment, mental health services, education,work and job-seeking, and of course to […]

Media release: ALA welcomes the Parliamentary Inquiry into Adult Literacy

Adult Learning Australia (ALA) welcomes the new Parliamentary Inquiry into Adult Literacy recently launched by the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training. Read the full media release: Adult […]

Position Vacancy: Learning Officer at Brimbank Libraries

Brimbank Libraries is seeking a Learning Officer to support and implement the Brimbank Lifelong Learning Strategy.   About the role: Support and foster a wide range of strategic partnerships with […]

ALA’s pre-budget submission

A significant percentage of Australian adults have low literacy (43%), numeracy (54%) and digital skills; impacting around three million or one-fifth of working aged Australians. The data on adult literacy […]

AEGT 2021 Virtual Conference

Announcing Adult Education in Global Times (AEGT 2021) June 3-6, 2021 A virtual conference incorporating AEGT2020         Planning international academic conferences has become very complicated in the […]

AJAL 2016-present
Special issue of Australian Journal of Adult Learning out now!

Volume 60, Number 3, November 2020 Getting serious: The national ‘vision splendid’ for adult education 60 years onBarry Golding Educating Australian adults in an era of social and economic changeStephen […]

Media release: ALA Welcomes Tasmanian Adult Learning Strategy

Adult Learning Australia (ALA) welcomes the recent release of the ‘Tasmanian Adult Learning Strategy – skills for work and life 2020-2023’ by the Minister for Education and Training, Jeremy Rockliff […]

ALA urges parliament to progress the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020

ALA joins with the Australian Community Sector in calling on all members of the Commonwealth Parliament to consider the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020and to […]

ALA Virtual Event: Looking back, casting forward – 60 years of Adult Learning in Australia

What can we learn from the history of adult learning and education in Australia and what lies ahead? Hear from Australian and international leaders in adult learning and education (ALE) […]

Inquiry into access to TAFE for learners with disability

Adult and Community Education Victoria (ACEVic), Neighbourhood Houses Victoria (NHV) and Adult Learning Australia (ALA) welcome the opportunity to provide input into the Inquiry into access to TAFE for learners […]

Job Vacancy: Higher Education Trainer – Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation

Higher Education Trainer – Full Time – Based in Galiwinku or Ramingining The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation You will be responsible for delivering academic language, digital literacy, and academic […]

2020 Budget Letdown

At a time when Australia needs political courage to make the shift to a healthy, secure and sustainable future, we have instead a disappointing 2020 Federal budget relying heavily on […]

ALA webinar: Adults’ Lifelong Learning: the mediation of person + education + ‘community’

About this session As a means of advancing our understandings and practices as adult educators, this webinar explores how adults’ learning can be mediated by the interrelations amongst person + […]

Adult Learning Australia

Adult Learning Australia