Lifelong Learner Stories
Event tip : Promote connections
You can use Adult Learners Week to highlight what other learning opportunities are available in your area. Better still, host a ‘taster’ session with different activities available so people can…
Event tip : Tap into a need
Find out what skills or knowledge your community would find helpful and use that to plan your event. Former best event winners Harvey Community Resource Centre in WA discovered that…
Channelling lockdown fears
Eden first connected with Gunnedah Community College in November of 2018 when she enrolled to do an RSA and an RCG course. She was a fresh faced school leaver and…
Passionate about helping
Alyssa came to the Hackham West Community Centre to enquire about doing a work placement to complete her Cert 3 in Community Services. At first, she was told there was…
Dedicated to her studies
Nora is enrolled in Early Childhood Education and Care Certificate III at ACE community College Lismore. The Program is in collaboration with Bunjum Aboriginal Cooperative Ballina, which runs Jarjum Bugal…
Pride in his own abilities
Frank has been working for just over 12 months at The Worldview Foundation as an e-waste technician. The Worldview Foundation is a social enterprise assisting young Aboriginal and Torres Straight…
Maryam learns to shine
Maryam is a young Iranian woman who arrived in Australia in 2019. She was enrolled into an Intermediate level English class called Australian Life and Culture that focuses on developing…
James takes a positive approach
I met James Welch when he joined my Foundation Skills class, which is one of the classes offered in the SPARK JobTrainer Industry Explorer Program delivered at Canberra Institute of…
New directions
Tracey lives on a sheep and cattle station in the small rural settlement of Bundarra, on the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales. She worked in the local corner store…
Keen to learn
Saw Ei La Yar first attended my AMEP class about three years ago. He showed a keenness to learn and worked very hard. He was very studious. He wanted to…
Motivated and determined
Sharlene first engaged with Tamworth Community College in late 2020 when she enrolled into a Certificate I in Access to Vocational Pathways, with a goal of improving her reading and…
Pathway to business
Liz connected with Sunshine Coast Libraries’ Read and Write for Life program after researching how to improve her literacy, speaking and listening skills. She read about the program on Sunshine…