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 Mary’s
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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Measuring long term impact
In late 2016, work commenced on an Australian Research Council funded, multi-year longitudinal study of the impacts experienced by communities that have undertaken Literacy for Life Foundation’s Campaign. This study is being supported by the University of New South Wales, the University of New England, the Lowitja Institute and includes input from representatives of...
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Calls for improved adult literacy in Indigenous communities to combat fraud
Could greater investment in adult literacy stop the ‘scams, cons and rip-offs’ that are a blight in some Indigenous communities? There’s lots of discussion about the need to improve literacy and numeracy among Indigenous children, which is no doubt crucial. But campaigner Jack Beetson says doing more to address adult literacy in Indigenous communities...
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Giving back, a trip to remote New South Wales
One of our sponsors, Kinetic Super, joined us for our recent Brewarrina graduation. Kay Clancy, Executive Officer – (Corporate Services) shared her thoughts here....
Continue readingBrewarrina celebrates first graduates!
A group of 15 Brewarrina locals have something to write home about, after successfully graduating from the first Literacy for Life Foundation (LFLF) Aboriginal adult literacy campaign in the regional New South Wales town....
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Jack Beetson receives Cuban award for work in adult literacy
Literacy for Life Foundation’s Professor Jack Beetson has received an award at the inaugural Cuban Awards for his work in adult literacy. Professor Beetson was interviewed by Fran Kelly on RN Breakfast for ABC Radio National. Source: RN Breakfast Listen to report here...
Continue readingYES, I CAN! hits the ground in Brewarrina
Cuba’s Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Jose Montano Galego, will launch the Literacy for Life Foundation Yes, I Can! Aboriginal adult literacy campaign in Brewarrina in outback NSW on August 26th. Grace Gordon is Chairperson of the local Ngemba Community Working Party, which invited the Literacy for Life Foundation to bring the campaign to...
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