This webinar is for adult educators who have experienced teaching to students living with trauma and PTSD. Share your experience This webinar is designed to gather 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 the statistics […]

Catherine Deveny, Author and comedian

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 […]

Assoc Prof Robbie Guevara

The Little Things project, which is led by the Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre in partnership with Meaningful Ageing Australia. The Little Things project is evidence-based training kit on intercultural communication built on authentic interactions between highly skilled PCAs from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) backgrounds and older people who are accessing aged care. […]

Colin McGregor – ACE Aotearoa

ACED is part of the Education and Academia Stakeholder Group which is one of the Major Groups of Stakeholders (MGoS) that has issued the attached press release. Read more

We, as adult educators, responded to the multiple crises we faced. We, as adult educators, identified the crises as an opportunity to advance our own work. And now… how do we harvest the fruits of these crises and make our communities and leaders recognise and value the role of adult learning and education in what […]

Professor Peter Lavender

Behaviours that pose challenges to adult educators can impact on a learner’s capacity to engage. Developing relationships that lead to positive outcomes,can form the basis for helping adults learn how to learn. In order for adult educators to create safe learning environments, it is necessary to understand what motivates these challenging behaviours. If we understand […]

Adult Learning Australia’s ACE scan profiles the sector in terms of its programs, features and provider types. The scan outlines ACE program participants, outcomes and the policy areas they support. It also explores the challenges facing the sector in terms of sustainability. This report builds on a framework developed in previous ACE scan’s (ALA, 2017; […]

Following on from the original submission by ALA and NHVic to the Commission, ALA has lead a further response to the interim report, with endorsement from NHVic, ACEVic, CCSA, LLCQ and ACAL. The study is to examine how well the Australian, State and Territory governments have achieved their goals for the vocational education and training […]

ACE Solutions – A Response To COVID-19  Letter to Senator Cash The Adult and Community Education (ACE) sector can be part of the solution to help build community resilience and support the skills, capacity and capability of the nation. In partnership with government and community, ACE will step up to the challenge and help lead […]