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 and numeracy tells us that there is a mismatch between the literacy, numeracy and digital skills people have and those required for broad participation in […]
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 midst of a global pandemic that has still not run its full course. AEGT2020, originally scheduled for early June of 2020 in Vancouver, was cancelled […]
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 Billet & Darryl Dymock Esmonde Higgins and the lost history of Australian adult education Bob Boughton Sixty years of adult learning in Aotearoa New Zealand: […]
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 MP. The strategy provides support through lifelong learning for individuals, families and communities to improve their wellbeing and potential. The adult learning sector has a […]
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 allow a parliamentary inquiry with public hearings, so the community, business and people can have their say. See the statement
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) as they reflect on key milestones in adult learning’s past and discuss their vision for its future. This virtual event marks the 60th anniversary of […]
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 with disability. Collectively, we aim to strengthen the provision of adult and community education (ACE) in Victoria within an integrated post- secondary education system. Read: […]
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 skills to support Yolngu students whilst empowering Yolngu mentors. You will strive to assist Yolngu students to improve their quality of life by enabling their […]
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 tax cuts, the private sector and a gas lead recovery. While there are some spots of good news in the budget this year, there are […]
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 + education + community. Certainly, we need more complete and comprehensive understandings of this phenomenon. What constitutes and supports adults’ learning across their lives for economic, […]
The Victorian Government has commissioned the Macklin Review into the post-secondary education and training to ensure the future prosperity of the State. Students’ futures depend on high-quality post- secondary education and training. The post-secondary education and training system depends on the capacity of providers to deliver quality learning within a stable and supportive policy environment. […]
Adult Learners Week 2020 Launch Join the conversation, as comedian and author Catherine Deveny explores stories of resilience and renewal through learning shared by our fantastic speakers. Guest speakers Shane Fitzsimmons – Former NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner whose leadership guided NSW through one of the biggest natural disasters in our nation’s history. Sean Sweeney […]
Much is made of the importance of adults’ learning across adult life and, particularly, for work-related purposes. This is now seen as being both important and urgent as the requirements for work as well as social and cultural activities constantly change and the need to be employable over a longer portion of adult life and […]
