Improving access for all Australians

The right to literacy is an inherent part of the right to an education. All adult Australians, regardless of their employment or social status, should be supported to fully develop their language, literacy and numeracy skills. Rationale Modern workplaces require workers with high levels of language, literacy and numeracy, and the capacity to problem solve […]

Australian employment services and training providers are important partners in assisting job seekers on the pathway to rewarding careers. But how can ACE providers wanting to engage with employment services build successful and sustainable partnerships?

Hacker or makerspaces are the latest in a long tradition of community spaces that offer opportunities for informal learning. On a dark winter’s night in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, a lime green perspex door trimmed with LED lights up a cobbled laneway. The Connected Community HackerSpace (CCHS) in the converted garage welcomes people who want to work on DIY technology or artistic projects. Over […]

A whole-of-community adult literacy campaign based on a revolutionary Cuban education method is having life-changing results in Indigenous communities in outback NSW. The first pilot of the Cuban-designed mass literacy education program conducted in Wilcannia in 2012 helped reduce crime and increase school attendance. Now it’s flourishing in Bourke and Enngonia and is about to […]

Presenter: Philippa McLean When: Tuesday October 20th, 2015 @1pm AEDT. (Daylight Savings Time) This webinar is for language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together as a group to validate your LLN assessment strategies to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). If you missed Philippa’s last ACSF validation session, here she is again, back by […]

Presenter: Philippa McLean When: Wed 16 September, 2015 @1pm AEST. This webinar is for language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together as a group to validate your LLN assessment strategies to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). Getting together for validation sessions can be tricky in today’s flexible workplace – here’s an opportunity to […]

Recent elections have brought some fresh faces to the ALA Board. Here’s a chance to learn a little more about some of our newer Board members. Chris McCall (Vic) I manage the Yarraville Community Centre (YCC) in the inner west of Melbourne. We are a medium sized not for profit delivering a broad range of programs and […]

Professor Alan Tuckett OBE, acknowledged guru of adult education, shares his views on intergenerational and lifelong learning. In the northern UK city of Sunderland there’s a learning centre underneath the stands at the Sunderland Football Club. Local football fans – many of whom are unemployed – can attend a literacy program, get advice on preparing a CV, attend courses on the history of […]

Pairing tech savvy schoolkids with older people struggling with new technology has proved a perfect match in the Victorian town of Traralgon. The idea of a service to help older peoplein the community with their digital devices staffed by local high school students seemed logical to Joh Lyons, project worker for the Digital Shed, a project of Traralgon Neighbourhood […]

  When: August 5th, 11th & 12th @ 1.00pm. Are you ready for Adult Learners’ Week 2015? If your organisation offers any form of adult learning such as courses, classes, lectures, exhibitions, tours, training programs, tutoring, discussion groups – then Adult Learners’ Week is a great opportunity to promote what you do – especially as […]

It’s truer than ever that a picture is worth a thousand words. And with cameras in our phones there’s no excuse. Here’s some tips for getting some great shots. 1. Look sharp Focus the picture so that the main subject of the photo is sharp and clear. Avoid taking photos with the camera phone held out at […]

A new program encouraging women to take up tutoring in adult and community education is taking off in Western Australia. When Ruth O’Dwyer saw the ad on Facebook for the ACE Women Taking the Lead program, she jumped at the chance to develop her training skills. She was one of ten women who recently completed the […]

Presenter: Judy Buckingham When: Wed 22 July 2015 @ 1.00pm AEST. The arrival of the NDIS will have implications for the policies and operating frameworks for adult and community education providers. What will it mean for my organisation? Are we ready? Join presenter Judy Buckingham from the ACE DisAbility Network as she shares her insight. […]

  Presenter: Robyn Jay When: Wed 1 July, 2015 @1pm AEST. This webinar will explore the possibilities of incorporating some freely available technologies into your teaching practice. Our presenter, Robyn Jay will share some simple tools and tips for using Digital Story Telling, Pinterest and FlickR with your learners. Robyn has a background in adult […]