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. […]
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 […]
ALA webinar: Best practice in online facilitation
In this interactive webinar, we’ll highlight insights from recent research about how adults learn, then explore how to use these insights when facilitating virtual learning.
2021 ALA Annual General Meeting with guest speaker 7 May @ 1pm AEST
This year’s AGM will present the 2020 Annual Report, announce the results of this year’s Board elections and feature guest speaker Dr Keiko Yasukawa. Presentation: The role of adult education in women’s empowerment
ALA support for the Uluru Statement and Voice to Australian Parliament
First Nations representatives have offered the nation a way forward through the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It is an offering that invites all Australians to reflect deeply about this […]
ALA submission into Parliamentary Inquiry into Adult Literacy
Adult Learning Australia made a submission to the Parliament of Australia, Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training Inquiry into Adult Literacy and its Importance. Our submission recommended that we […]