More than one quarter of adults in the ACT don’t have the skills they need to cope with the demands of everyday life[1].

You are invited to A Learning Agenda, a workshop exploring solutions to this issue.

In the ACT, 31% of adults are functionally illiterate. While they can read and write some, they do not have the skills to follow a recipe, or accurately read a medicine label.

A Learning Agenda will introduce the concept of learning cities. Used successfully in both Australia and overseas, a learning city makes the most of its resources through collaboration. It depends on engaging local expertise and networks to develop local solutions.

You will have the opportunity to hear from Australian and international experts and to participate in cross-sector conversation about learning and life skills in the ACT.

Please share this invitation with your networks and you can register here.

[1] Australian component of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2011 – 2012 ABS 4228.0
 

Our Speakers

Mike Osborne is Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning at the University of Glasgow. He is also Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning within the Faculty of Education and Co-director of the PASCAL Observatory on Place Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning. He has expertise in widening participation to education and lifelong learning, and the development of learning cities and regions.

Dr Leone Wheeler is an Educational Services Consultant, Associate of RMIT University, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies and Teaching Associate within the Faculty of Education at Monash University. Leone’s research interests and practitioner work have focused on the development and evaluation of Australian Learning Communities, in particular those communities located in the outer suburban areas of metropolitan Melbourne. She is Deputy Chair of the Hume Global Learning Village and a committee member on Northern Metropolitan Melbourne RDA.  Her previous roles include Head of Learning Community Partnerships,  at RMIT University, Melbourne,  teaching and small business owner. She is co-author of recent report ‘Learning as a Driver for Change’, published by the Australian Centre for Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). The report profiles two Australian Learning Communities: Gwydir Learning Region and the Hume Global Learning Village, and demonstrates the long term benefits of creating a community of learners where there are people experiencing disadvantage.