Adult Learners
Find great opportunities to study and train, especially for adult learners. Adult education offers the opportunity to study and train for a new career, to improve your skills in your current job, or to enjoy expanding your knowledge when you take part in one of the hundreds of short courses available.
Overview of options
- Beyond School - Find out your options beyond school, including adult education, further education and training.
Types of educational providers
- Adult & Community Education - Information about a wide variety of courses, including formal and informal and short courses, in community based settings.
- TAFE - Technical & Further Education - Options for everything from training for your first job and updating your skills for a new job or promotion, to starting study as a mature-age student.
- RTOs - Registered Training Organisations - TAFE institutes and private RTOs offering teaching, assessment and vocational education and national training qualifications.
- University - Options for higher education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Training and study opportunities
- Find a Course or Subject - Information on courses and subjects for adult learners.
- Apprenticeships & Traineeships - Learn skills in a particular industry by working and training on the job.
- Adult VCE - Undertake VCE as a pathway to university and TAFE courses, more satisfying work opportunities and new careers, or personal enrichment.
- Costs & Financial Assistance - Costs for further education and training, financial assistance available through Centrelink, and schemes including Youth Allowance Scheme and ABSTUDY.
Recommended resources
- Adult Community & Further Education (http://www.acfe.vic.gov.au) - Information about informal and formal programs to get back into learning, as well as short courses.