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06 Sep

Posted at 20:47h in Latest news

Registrations still open for the Community Colleges Australia (CCA) Conference Take a look at the upcoming 2022 CCA Annual Conference: Rebuilding Community https://cca.edu.au/what-we-do/2022-cca-annual-conference/ There are more than 43 speakers and 17 breakout sessions. Speakers include NSW & Commonwealth Skills Ministers, ASQA, TAFE NSW, NSW Dept of Education, Department...

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:26h in Latest news

Thanks to COVID-19 we are more aware of the importance of health literacy. Many teachers have been integrating readable and reliable health information in their classrooms. Around 60 percent of Australians have health literacy skills that make it difficult to fully manage their health and wellbeing....

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:26h in Latest news

A big thank you to the many adult literacy and numeracy teachers, tutors, and managers who filled in our recent survey. Over 470 of you responded to tell us what’s happening on the ground and what the NEEDS are for community literacy, numeracy, and digital...

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:25h in Latest news

A real strength of the Hotline is the diversity of its callers. This week Tom (not his real name) contacted us. He doesn’t have any problems with the technical aspects of reading or writing but has trouble finding the right tone when he communicates. Using...

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:24h in Latest news

The second edition of Literacy Face to Face is out now. Written by adult literacy legend Pam Osmond, Literacy Face to Face is a handbook for volunteer adult literacy tutors and others who want to help someone improve their literacy. You could also use it to...

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:23h in Latest news

The Foundation Skills Framework consultation activities carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) are now complete. The ACER team told us that the themes arising from the consultation include the need to: Understand the purpose of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and...

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:22h in Latest news

What do you enjoy reading in Literacy Links? We thought you might want to know that the three most viewed articles in Literacy Links over the last year were SBS Program Lost for Words - Reading Writing Hotline Adult Literacy Specialists – still an endangered...

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30 Jun

Posted at 22:21h in Latest news

31st National VET Research Conference ‘No Frills’ National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 6-8 July 2022, Online Program out More information Community Colleges Australia National Conference 13-14 September 2022 Sydney More information...

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07 Apr

Posted at 10:35h in Latest news

The Reading Writing Hotline team sends its sympathies to communities in New South Wales and Queensland who are experiencing the devastating impacts of recent floods. Education providers and their student communities, especially in Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland, are facing major re-building. Our...

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