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 into adult literacy and its importance. Welcome Judith McKay (MC) – Executive Board Member – Adult Learning Australia Keynote Analiese Robertson– Director – ACE Aotearoa […]

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 […]

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. Read: Skills and Training Budget 2021-22 Presentation (pdf)

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 nation’s social and economic prosperity and that it will position Australians to live more healthy, fulfilling, and productive lives. You can read the full declaration: […]

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 different things to different constituencies across the natural and social sciences, ranging from absorptive to adaptive; restorative to transformative resilience. This webinar explores different interpretations […]

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.

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

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 country, the land, its history and its peoples. ALA welcomes the opportunity to join with First Nations People on this journey of connection including acknowledgement […]

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 take steps to: analyse the key characteristics of adults with low LLND skills better understand what motivates people to improve their language, literacy, numeracy and […]

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.

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