Executive Director of Literacy for Life Foundation, Jack Beetson, has called for more to be done to lift Indigenous literacy, in an interview with the ABC. “Everyday people with low literacy become further marginalised by everyday tasks,” he said. “They go into any government department and the first thing they get is, ‘Go online...
Continue readingCongrats Pat Anderson – 2018 NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award
Pat Anderson, Literacy for Life Foundation board member, has been named the recipient of the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award 2018. “I am so proud, and so humbled, and so pleased that my own mob have acknowledged a lifetime of commitment and service and respect, to who it is to be an Aboriginal person in...
Continue readingNew data shows Aboriginal adults require urgent literacy support
Research undertaken by The Literacy for Life Foundation in partnership with University of New England, University of New South Wales and the Lowitja Institute has found more than half of surveyed Aboriginal adults needed help with basic English literacy. 880 participants took part in the survey, which was carried out in eight NSW communities...
Continue readingSBS Foundation Partnership To Help More Read and Write
Literacy for Life Foundation has been selected as one of the partners for SBS Foundation and will receive a share of $2 million free airtime on SBS. Throughout 2018, a community service announcement that aims to help more Aboriginal adults learn basic reading and writing skills will receive air-time on SBS TV. Literacy for...
Continue readingRemote NSW can lead the way on Indigenous literacy and Closing the Gap
Executive Director of Literacy for Life Foundation, Professor Jack Beetson, welcomed findings from the Grattan Institute that identify very remote NSW as one of the few locations making significant progress improving Indigenous literacy. Literacy for Life Foundation has run adult literacy programs for Aboriginal students in remote NSW since 2012 and Beetson said lifting...
Continue readingInnovative approach delivers record-breaking literacy result
A record-breaking 59 students completed Literacy for Life Foundation’s Aboriginal adult literacy campaign in 2017. The total is almost double the previous best, reflecting the terrific achievement of students, staff and community supporters across NSW over the past 12 months. Literacy for Life Foundation Chair, Donna Ah Chee, offered her congratulations to graduates attending...
Continue readingUniversity to award Jack Beetson one of first Aboriginal honorary doctorates
Professor Jack Beetson and educator Mrs Dianne Roberts will be the first Aboriginal candidates to receive honorary doctorates from the University of New England when they accept awards at a ceremony in Armidale on Saturday. Professor Beetson, Executive Director of Literacy for Life Foundation, will be presented with the award of Honorary Doctor of...
Continue readingCampaign Project Officer, Walgett and Collarenebri, NSW
Literacy For Life Foundation is seeking applications from highly motivated and experienced professionals to join our team. Since starting in Wilcannia in 2012 the Campaign has run in 8 western NSW communities, graduating over 150 students. In 2016 we began in Walgett and in 2018 we plan to run a third class in Walgett...
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Help Train More Marys
Mary Waites is the coordinator of the Brewarrina literacy campaign. And now she’s the star of a major documentary on our work, In My Own Words. The film follows Mary’s journey helping a group of adult students learning to read and write for the first time. “It’s a whole new world out there and...
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To lift literacy levels among Indigenous children, their parents’ literacy skills must be improved first
Bob Boughton, University of New England and Jack Beetson, University of New England In this series, we’ll discuss whether progress is being made on Indigenous education, looking at various areas including policy, scholarships, school leadership, literacy and much more. There’s a large adult-sized hole in Australia’s approach to boosting literacy levels among Indigenous children...
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