Adult Learning Australia

28/08/2026

We're so delighted to be welcoming Sheron Sultan as MC, Adam Nobilia as Keynote Speaker and musician Nicky Bomba as "eternal student" to next week's launch of Adult Learners Week 2026 🎊

You'll also hear from a panel of inspiring adult learners, with Federal Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Andrew Giles MP and ALA President John Sheen announcing our 2026 Scholarship and Award winners 🏆

Join our livestream from MTC FutureReady in Sydney as we celebrate the achievements & ambitions of adult learners everywhere - register at www.adultlearnersweek.org 😊

Adult Learners' Week

25/08/2026

One week until the launch of Adult Learners Week 2026! 🎊

We hope you can join us for the livestream of our national launch next Tuesday, 1 September at 11am at MTC FutureReady with Keynote Speaker Adam Nobilia, MC Sheron Sultan, a fantastic panel of adult learners and special guest Federal Minister for Skills and Training, the Hon Andrew Giles MP.

We'll also be announcing the winners of our ALW 2026 Scholarships and our inaugural Learning Together Award 🏆

RSVP at www.adultlearnersweek.org and let's together! 🧭

23/08/2026

20/08/2026

An enormous thank you to everyone who nominated for the Adult Learners Week 2026 Scholarships and our new Learning Together Award - and huge congratulations to all of our wonderful nominees!

Every single nominee has an incredible story to share of how they're following their own learning compass - visit www.adultlearnersweek.org to be inspired by them ☺️

Winners will be announced at the launch on 1 September - register to join the livestream as we celebrate the power of lifelong learning with special guests & speakers: https://adultlearnersweek.org/launch-2/

17/08/2026

Last call: nominations for AWL 2026 Scholarships close tomorrow! 🏆

Our ALW Scholarships celebrate outstanding adult learners - and for Hayley Drummond, winning a Scholarship in 2023 was life-changing.

“I never thought something like that could ever happen to me,” she says.

Hayley, an exceptional adult learner who is a 2026 ALW Ambassador, will soon finish her studies in disability support at Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), and can't wait for her new career to begin.

“I started to get my confidence up when I started studying,” she says. “But it was really the lightbulb going off when I won the Scholarship and I realised that not only (my teacher) Fran thought I could do this but that multiple people thought I had potential."

“I’m so excited about my future and very grateful to everyone that played a part in that.”

Nominate an incredible learner who deserves to be recognised - visit www.adultlearnersweek.org 🙌

12/08/2026

Do you know an educator and student who learn from each other in transformative ways?

To celebrate Adult Learners Week 2026 this September 1-8, we've created the Learning Together Award to recognise the powerful relationships which can develop between learners & educators when learning is shared.

Nominations close this Friday, August 14 ⏰ and Award winners will be announced at our national ALW 2026 launch on Tuesday, September 1.

Nominate an exceptional duo for the Award, and register to attend the launch livestream, at www.adultlearnersweek.org 🏆

07/08/2026

Last call for early birds 🦜

Have you registered your Adult Learners Week 2026 event yet?

ALW runs from Sept 1-8 and to get the ball rolling, we’re awarding $200 to 20 providers who register their events on the website by COB today.

After ALW finishes on September 8, we’ll also award three providers whose event best celebrated this year’s theme of Follow Your Compass with $1000 awards.

Register your event now at adultlearnersweek.org or via link in bio ☺️

06/08/2026

Last call for early birds!

Have you registered your Adult Learners Week 2026 event yet?

ALW runs from Sept 1-8 and to get the ball rolling, we’re awarding $200 to 20 providers who register their events on the ALW website by tomorrow 🎉

After ALW finishes on September 8, we’ll also award three providers whose event best celebrated this year’s theme of Follow Your Compass with $1000 awards.

Register your event now at adultlearnersweek.org or via link in our bio ☺️

03/08/2026

Adult Learners Week 2026 is coming!

From September 1-8, hundreds of events and activities across the nation will celebrate the life-changing power of learning in Australia's annual celebration of lifelong learning 🙌

This year's ALW theme is Follow Your Compass - we can't wait to see how you plan to celebrate it 🧭

Here's a few ideas to get you started:

🐦‍⬛ Be an early bird - register your ALW event by this Friday, August 7 for a chance to win an Early Bird Event prize.

🏆 Know an exceptional adult learner, or a standout educator-learner team? Nominate them for an ALW award or scholarship.

🎉 Join us online for the ALW national launch on September 1.

All the details are at adultlearnersweek.org 😊

13/05/2026

If you live in Victoria and are interested in embarking on or deepening a career as a language, literacy and numeracy educator - the Victorian ACE Scholarship Program could be for you!

More details at: https://www.vic.gov.au/ace-scholarships-program

The Victorian Government is offering scholarships to people pursuing a rewarding career as an adult language, literacy and numeracy educator in Learn Local settings in Victoria.