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 strengths and experiences, and the areas you want to develop further. They are looking for pre-accredited educators and / or managers who want to share […]

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    

Australia’s prison population has disproportionately low levels of language, literacy and numeracy skills, lower levels of educational attainment and higher levels of learning difficulties and learning disabilities than people in the general community.

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 maintain crucial social connections. But what about those who couldn’t get online? CADI is advocating that public housing tenants have high speed, reliable, affordable internet […]

Join us for the first session of this special two-part series of webinars.   Session 1: Oral Language Listening and speaking underpin learning, work, and social interactions. However, not all adults with literacy difficulties, are confident when relating with others and may need increased opportunities to listen to, and speak with, others in a range […]

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 Learning Australia welcomes the Parliamentary Inquiry into Adult Literacy

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 Council, government, community, education providers and business to implement Brimbank’s Community Learning Strategy. Focus on supporting community consultation and promoting learning as a key aspect […]

This webinar is for adult educators who have experienced teaching to students living with trauma and PTSD. Share your experience This second discussion session is to gather further experiences and professional insights from adult educators to assist in building stronger resources for teachers and the VET sector. The discussion will explore: students with trauma/PTSD and […]

Join us for the second session of this special two-part series of webinars.   Session 2: Vocabulary Learning more words makes people smarter. There are a number of adults who have quite limited vocabularies, and this potentially limits their learning, work, and social possibilities. In this session I will outline why new vocabulary needs to […]

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 […]

This webinar is for adult educators who have experienced teaching to students living with trauma and PTSD. Share your experience This second discussion session is to gather further experiences and professional insights from adult educators to assist in building stronger resources for teachers and the VET sector. The discussion will explore: students with trauma/PTSD and […]

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 gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). About the ACSF The ACSF provides a validated framework of national benchmarks […]

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 […]

Adult Learners Week celebrates 25 years in Australia. NSW Government launches ACE Policy Statement. Tasmanian Government launches Adult Learning Strategy. Adult Learning Australia celebrates 60 years.