The 2013 ALA AGM will be held on Wednesday August 21st, 1 – 2 pm AEST. Annual Report

  Providers of adult learning are under increasing pressure to operate as a commercial business. Tim Symons, Manager, Short Course Operations at Melbourne’s Centre for Adult Education shares his top tips for pricing courses. 1. Get to know your customers This can be easy or difficult depending on where your centre is located. Go deeper […]

  Just a few kilometres from Perth’s CBD and a ferry ride away is the city of South Perth. Situated on a peninsula, South Perth is surrounded on each side by the Swan and Canning Rivers. Around 46,000 people live in the city, which has pockets of both of high- priced housing along the waterfront […]

  It’s Thursday afternoon at the Cheltenham Community Centre and the place is abuzz. Women from a range of cultural backgrounds mill around then take their places in the kitchen. Today’s teacher is Mary, an Indonesian woman who’s been in Australia for six years. Normally shy, today Mary is taking charge, setting out her ingredients […]

People with disability want to be included in our community in a variety of ways. A growing area of interest for them is in becoming volunteers. Sometimes people with disability need special arrangements to ensure the workplace offers satisfactory outcomes both for them and for their employers. At this session, facilitators from ACE Disability will […]

  Organised by The EU Centre at RMIT and hosted by The Hong Kong Institute of Education, the 11th PASCAL International Observatory Conference will take place in Hong Kong, 18-20 November 2013 with fieldwork to test approaches in different Hong Kongsettings on 19 November… Can integrated effort and partnership within and between sectors, organisations and […]

It is well known that the ‘N’ in LLN is a barrier to learning and workplace achievement for many adults. Yet it has tended to be the poor cousin in LLN training. In this webinar, Jim Spithill from ACER will demonstrate how L&L supports N in adult numeracy teaching and training, including explaining how a […]

Are you looking for some fresh ideas to help you develop general adult education opportunities that better meet the needs of your community and boost your bottom line. In our next session, we are discussing strategies for developing learning programs that are creative, appealing and cost-effective for your organisation. Our expert facilitator, Tim Symons will […]

The Building Rural and Regional Communities through Adult Education Forum is organised by Adult Learning Australia in partnership with CQUniversity. The Forum is open to the public; however, participants are required to book a place. This Forum is all about: highlighting the benefits of adult and community education and informal learning in rural and regional […]

   Adult Learning Australia, staff and friends of Melbourne’s Laverton Community Education Centre were saddened by the recent passing of Alison Wilkinson, Education Manager. Alison began working for the Laverton Community Education Centre in 2000 at a time when the funding of Adult Education was undergoing major change.   By 2004 the Education Centre had […]

A new book celebrating the stories of a diverse range of adult learners from around Australia was launched in Sydney in April. Lifelong & Lifewide: Stories of Adults Learning was launched by the Hon. Sharon Bird, MP and Minister for Higher Education and Skills at Sydney Community College on April 17. As part of the […]

Google+ Hangouts is video chat for groups. Hangouts can accommodate up to 10 people at once, with room for others to watch. But you can also use it to chat one on one. Best of all it’s free and easy to useYou can use Hangouts on a desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone or tablet. When […]

  We are delighted that Rosemary Stanton, one of Australia’s best- known and respected nutritionists, has agreed to be an Ambassador for Adult Learning Australia. Why did you decide to take on the role of Ambassador for Adult Learning Australia? What do you hope to be able to contribute? I am passionate about learning. Basically […]

  What do Jack Thompson, Quentin Bryce, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Maggie Tabberer, and Lindsay Fox have in common? They’re among a growing number of Australians who are working well beyond the traditional retirement age. But it’s not just the rich and famous who are part of this growing trend. Author and ALA member Darryl […]

  A financial literacy program Budget Blitz! is about to kick off at Geeveston Community Centre (GECO) in Tasmania’s Huon region, 62 km south-west of Hobart. The Centre was announced in March as one of 10 successful recipients of the state government’s Financial Literacy Exchange (FLEX) grants. The FLEX program aims to equip disadvantaged and […]