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Non-accredited training refers to structured, taught learning that takes place outside of the formal qualifications system, though it can take place in formal education settings. This type of training can also take place in the workplace or through adult and community education and can include: courses in recreation; personal enrichment courses; first aid courses; bridging courses; individual statements of attainment. Non-accredited training courses do not lead to recognised qualifications nationally or internationally. Research in this area focusses on better understanding the role of training outside of the formal qualifications system.
Research
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Recent publications
- Alternative credentials: prior learning 2.0 [US]
- An assessment of non-formal education and training centres' linkages with role-players for adult employment in South Africa
- A national analysis of noncredit community college education: enrollment, funding, accountability, and contextual issues [US]
- Between inclusion and fairness: social justice perspective to participation in adult education [Europe]
- Development and validation of a scale measuring approaches to work-related informal learning [Austria, Netherlands]
- Does nonformal education matter?: nonformal education, immigration, and skills in Canada
- Educators in non-formal vocational education and training in Mozambique: a plea for recognition and professionalization
- Empirical and genealogical analysis of non-vocational adult education in Europe
- European inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning: 2016 update
- How volunteering helps students to develop soft skills [France]
- Informal learning among handloom weavers: a case analysis of Chinnalapatti, Tamil Nadu, India
- Integrated non-formal education and training programs and centre linkages for adult employment in South Africa
- Managers' informal learning: a trait activation theory perspective [US]
- The role of community education in Australian regional and rural economic development
- Validation and open educational resources (OER): thematic report for the 2016 update of the European inventory on validation
Suggested reading
Key research from a broad date range
- Achievement in non-accredited learning for adults with learning difficulties: report of the scoping study [UK]
- Adult and community education in Australia: a snapshot of the status and role of the not for profit adult and community education sector in 2015
- Assessing and acknowledging learning through non-accredited community adult language, literacy and numeracy programs [Australia]
- Community adult language, literacy and numeracy provision in Australia: diverse approaches and outcomes
- Engagement and participation in a learner-centred system: four papers by ALA Visiting Research Fellows [Australia]
- Global perspectives on recognising non-formal and informal learning: why recognition matters
- Squaring the circle: funding non-accredited adult learning under the Learning and Skills Council [UK]
- The demand for training [Australia]
Resources
- Adult learning Australia
- Australian adult and community education
- Adult and community education (New South Wales)
- Adult, Community and Further Education Board (Victoria)
- Adult community education (Queensland)
- Adult community education (South Australia)
- Adult education and training (Northern Territory)
- Adult Education LINC Tasmania
- Community learning (Western Australia)
- IFLA Trend report: open education resources and the rising importance of non-formal and informal learning [OECD countries]
- Non-formal adult education (Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality) [Denmark]
- Non-formal education and training (ILO) [international]
- Non-Formal Vocational Training Project (World Bank) [international]
- Recognition of Non-formal and Informal Learning (OECD)
- Validation of non-formal and informal learning (CEDEFOP) [European Union]
- VET data reporting in South Australia: data reporting information for organisations delivering vocational education and training in South Australia: accredited and non-accredited: as per AVETMIS Standard release 7.0
