Lifelong Learning in Adult Education: The Clemente Programme

Steve Else has served as Academic Coordinator of Clemente Ballarat since 2016. He co-authored Voices of Clemente (ACU, 2022), secured a 2022 research grant for a youth-focused program, and presented on Clemente’s impact for disadvantaged job-seekers to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2019.

Jeremy C.A. Smith is Associate Professor of Sociology at Federation University Australia. He has chaired the Ballarat Clemente Steering Committee since 2015. He co-authored a 2013 article titled ’Humanities Education as a Pathway for Women in Regional and Rural Australia: Clemente Ballarat’ (A Gervasoni, J Smith and P Howard) in Australian Journal of Adult Learning and has presented at national conferences, including the 2016 ACDASSH conference and the 2019 Victorian Legislative Assembly.