A vision for lifelong learning
Emeritus Professor John Field
The Learning Age – 20 Years On
Sir Alan Tuckett OBE
New head for International Council for Adult Education
Activist for Indigenous adult education, Associate Professor Sandy Morrison of Waikato University New Zealand has been elected head of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). When she was a girl Sandy Morrison didn’t enjoy singing and performing on stage with her family for an audience of tourists wanting a taste of Maori culture. ‘Reading […]
ALA LLN Webinar: Validation of ACSF assessment resources
This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian core Skills Framework (ACSF). The structure for this webinar involves participants sharing one small assessment task or strategy for the […]
ALA webinar: The far reaching impacts of Whānau Literacy (intergenerational) programmes in Aotearoa, New Zealand
About this event This presentation demonstrates the contributions made to adult learners and their whānau/family (nuclear and extended) through whānau literacy programmes in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Over 500 adult learners and their whānau have been positively affected as a result of their participation in programmes across Aotearoa, New Zealand over the past 5 years. This […]
ALA webinar: Young ACE entrepreneurs
About this event Young Entrepreneurs is an exciting new program for teens and young adults that is designed to help them turn a hobby or interest into a viable business in a short period of time. This pilot program ran in Port Macquarie in 2017. Through this webinar Andrew will share some of its successes, […]
Media release: Adult Learning Australia congratulates the new leader of The Nationals
Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult and community education (ACE), congratulates the new Leader of The Nationals, the Hon Michael McCormack. Rural and regional Australians experience significant disadvantage when it comes to access to jobs and education. “It’s not acceptable that our experience of education and training comes down to where we […]
Media release and submission: ALA welcomes Labor’s shake-up of post-school education
Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult and community education (ACE), welcomes Labor’s commitment to an inquiry into Australia’s post-school education system, and the acknowledgement that the status quo is not working. “This has been a long time coming. Funding cuts and open competition in the VET system have failed both students and […]
ALA’s 2018-2019 pre budget submission
Adult Learning Australia submitted to the Australian Government’s 2018–19 Budget through the pre-Budget submission process. This submission took into account ALA’s policies and the information we gathered from our members through member participation in our conference, forums, webinars and feedback. You can check out our response here.
ALA webinar: The impact of a ‘She’ll be right!’ approach to ACE – panel discussion
About this event This online panel discussion will kick off the National Year of Lifelong Learning. Come along to be part of an important discussion on the current shape of adult and community education in Australia and to explore possibilities for the future. Our panel will discuss: The impact of viewing adult learning through a narrow […]
Summit sponsorship
Adult Learning Australia has a long and proud history of providing a national forum for debate and discussion around adult and community education in Australia. We believe a national policy on lifelong learning will result in strong returns in productivity, participation and active citizenry. By supporting and sponsoring our summit, you are helping us to […]
Want to join the ALA team? We’re hiring!
Project and Administration Officer – click for more info. Work Type/s: Contract, Part Time Classification/s: Administration, Education & Training Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP) Location: Footscray Applications close February 9th 2018.
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 discuss international and national perspectives on lifelong learning. It also introduced local best practice case studies and interactive sessions for participants.Lifelong Learning in Australia Workshop […]
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 case study has been written to inform discussion and debate, and inspire evidence based action around adult English LLN in the Northern Territory. We are […]