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Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Lifelong learning for
a fairer Australia

Lifelong learning in Australia: putting practice into policy and policy into practice – workshop report, 28 November 2017

A forum hosted by Melton City Council with partners, Adult Learning Australia, RMIT and the Australian Learning Communities Network, which brought together practitioners from the learning and education sectors to […]

Socio-cultural learning and Aboriginal adult English LLN delivery

A case study commissioned by the Australian Government funded Whole of Community Engagement initiative (led by Charles Darwin University) documents Yuendumu communities’ experience of literacy development and socio-cultural learning.  The […]

Australia’s contribution to the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

ALA cosigned a letter to The Honourable Julie Bishop MP supporting Australia’s contribution to the replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The GPE is the only global fund dedicated […]

Latest Quest

Quest is Adult Learning Australia’s national magazine. It is an informative mix of feature writing, news, analysis and stories from the ground for a national and international audience. Check out […]

AJAL out now

AJAL Volume 57, Number 3, November 2017 Here is the latest issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning.   How the Men’s Shed idea travels to Scandinavia Authors: Helene Ahl, […]

Award for excellence in LLN

Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award The Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) Practice Award recognises innovation and excellence by an individual involved in improving LLN skills […]

ALA endorses a system of lifelong education

Adult Learning Australia welcomes Business Council’s endorsement of lifelong learning Adult Learning Australia (ALA) welcomed the plan released by the Business Council of Australia (BCA) for a system of lifelong […]

English Language, Literacy and Numeracy for Aboriginal adults in the Northern Territory

A Statistical Overview: Aboriginal Adult English Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) in the Northern Territory The report and action statement were recently published by the Australian Government funded, Whole of […]

Minister’s Speech – Adult Learners Week (ALW) 2017

The Hon. Karen Andrews, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, launches ALW at Parliament House Theatre, Canberra Click here for the speech.  

Position vacant: Literacy for Life

Yes, I Can! Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign Campaign Project Officer, Walgett and Collarenebri, NSW Be part of grassroots approach to combat Indigenous inequalities Hands-on position implementing an innovative, high impact, […]

AJAL out now

AJAL Volume 57, Number 2, July 2017 Here is the latest issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning. Bringing together learning from two worlds: Lessons from a gender-inclusive community […]

ALA Webinar: Wellbeing and Resilience

  We frequently hear through the media and other sources that we need to develop and be conscious of our personal wellbeing and resilience.  This webinar will look at exactly […]

Forum: The Financing Gap and the Challenges of achieving the goals for Women and Girls’ Education

Globally 61 million girls continue to miss out on primary and lower-secondary school and 758 million adults lack any literacy skills; two-thirds of whom are women. If education is to contribute to addressing the urgent issues of poverty, conflict and climate change – what can be done to mobilise the will and resources needed to ensure the right of every person access to high quality affordable education and training ?

Forum: Making the SDGs real in adult and vocational education

  What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) give us the framework to deal with global issues such as poverty, equitable access to education and social […]

ALA Webinar: Including and valuing Indigenous perspectives in learning

  This webinar aims to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the impact of culture, cultural identity and linguistic background on their education. […]

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