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Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

ALA webinar: Orthographic mapping and its role in reading fluency

Orthographic mapping is the process readers use to turn unfamiliar written words into familiar sight words that can be immediately and effortlessly retrieved from long-term memory. Orthographic mapping answers the […]

ALA’s response to the AMEP Reforms discussion paper

The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) is one of the longest-standing settlement services, offering free English language tuition to eligible migrants and humanitarian entrants to improve their English language skills […]

ALA webinar: Using the ACSF with low LN learners in diverse programs

About this session The ACSF is a multi-layered document that can be used at a number of levels of complexity.  The focus in this webinar is to show how the […]

Adult Learners Week 2021

Change your story during ALW2021 Adult Learners Week is celebrated at the beginning of Spring with hundreds of events and activities promoting the benefits of learning. Learning gives us knowledge […]

Tax dedications for Educators

You may be able to claim deductions for your work-related expenses. These are expenses you incur to earn your income as a teacher or education professional. The ATO has prepared […]

ALA webinar: Community learning through adversity and disaster

A conversation about adaptation through needs based lifelong learning This presentation will draw from recent research on Men’s Sheds in regional and remote Victoria.  It will reference a case study […]

New issue of Australian Journal of Adult Learning out now!

In the first edition of 2021, we have a diverse range of articles representing adult learning in higher education, adult education and its capacity to prevent poverty, and an article […]

Adult Learners Week Launch 2021

Be inspired by people who have changed their life stories through learning. Our MC Catherine Deveny – our MC, is a writer, comedian, author and speaker well known for her […]

Literacy Changes Lives – Adult literacy and numeracy in the Australian context

Preconference Video Presentation available from Thursday 3 June 2021 Adult Learning Australia joins the Adult Education in Global Times Conference 2021 (#AEGT2021) online to bring you a special presentation: Literacy […]

Free online event: A national conversation on adult literacy approaches – what works?

Celebrating Adult Learners Week and UNESCO International Literacy Day Adult Learning Australia’s national conversation will bring together leading education organisations to explore their submissions into the Australian federal government’s inquiry […]

ALA workshop: Validation of ACSF assessment resources

This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality language, literacy and numeracy assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to […]

DESE overview of Skills and Training 2021-22 Budget

Includes new funding for Building Foundation Skills with increased allocations to the SEE program, Reading Writing Hotline and research activities. Additional measures will focus on women, youth and digital skills. […]

ALA Strategic Plans

Declaration statement in support of literacy and numeracy for all adult Australians

As signatories to this Declaration, Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and coalition partners seek to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for all adult Australians. We believe this is central to the […]

Webinar co-hosted by PIMA, ALA, CASAE and SCUTREA

Resilience or rebellion? Exploring resilience and climate justice: challenges for ALE   In these times of extreme precarity, a new buzzword is ‘resilience’.  In combination with adjectives resilience means many […]

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