General equity and access

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

http://www.hreoc.gov.au

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

http://www.ncver.edu.au

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)

http://www.deewr.gov.au

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

"The Case for Change": a research paper into Indigenous issues in education.

http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/AER_47-TheCaseforChange.pdf

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous

Learning for all

http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/iae/analysis/learning/1/factfigure_voced.htm

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people

Multicultural development centre

http://www.mcdc.org

Learning communities in education and training

http://www.crlra.utas.edu.au/files/rolevet2/Prelim%20pages.pdf

Disability

National Disability Services (NDS)

http://www.nds.org.au/

Disability Standards for Education

Human rights and anti-discrimination: Disability Standards for Education

Registered training organisations can now refer to the Disability Standards for Education, which clarify what learners with a disability can reasonably expect from a training provider. The standards set out how education and training should be made accessible for learners with a disability.

Mature age

Council on the Ageing (COTA) (phone: (08) 9321 2133)

http://www.cota.org.au

Numeracy & Literacy

Australian Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium

http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/alnarc

Australian Council of Adult Literacy

http://www.acal.edu.au

DEEWR's Literacy Network

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/LiteracyNet

Women

WAVE (Women in Adult & Vocational Education)

http://www.wave.org.au

The Office for Women (part of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)0

http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/women

Women learning in Vocational Education and Training

http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/accessequity/downloads/R017L.pdf

Inclusive Flexible Learning

Australian Flexible Learning Framework - Learner groups

http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/accessequity/learners/learnergroups.htm

Inclusive Learning

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ads/accessibility/inclusive/