Ballyfermot College of Further Education October Updates

Posted on October 17, 2023

TUD visit BCFE Business students re MOU

This week our Level 6 Business Analytics and Entrepreneurship students had a visit from:

Siobhan Killion Lecturer in Business Management, TUD Tallaght
Roisin Donnelly Head of School of Management, People & Organisations Faculty of Business, TUD Tallaght

to learn more about our new collaboration with the TU.

Pictured above Roisin & Siobhan of TUD with BCFE course coordinator Antony Higgins and the BAE students

BCFE Students taking the BAE course in can gain entry to 2^nd year of the Business Management degree programme. Details of this Memorandum of Understanding were finalised and signed off earlier this year.

Many thanks to Roisin and Siobhan for a very informative and interesting talk from all of us in the Business Dept in BCFE.

Open Days – 6th Nov & 17th Jan

Interested in finding out more about courses in BCFE?

Attend Open Day and chat to our lecturers, students and see our facilities

Open Day dates & times

Monday 6^th November 2023, 10-4.00pm
Wednesday 17^th of January 2024, 10-4.00pm

BCFE Radio Student Alumni Sharon Tobin Appointed as New RTÉ News: Six One Presenter

Sharon Tobin (pictured with David Mc Cullogh) continues to do the college proud.

Huge congratulations to former Ballyfermot College Radio Student Sharon Tobin. Sharon was just appointed and debuted as the new RTE News Six One Presenter. Not alone do we fondly remember Sharon and her class, but she remains in contact with us and this term presented our BCFE Graduation Ceremony. Sharon has spoken very positively about Further Education and her BCFE journey from the Radio course here and on to the Media Production Management degree offered within BCFE.

Two BCFE graduates are exhibiting at Art Source, Cork

For the first time- BCFE graduates have been invited to exhibit at Art Source, next weekend. Adele Walsh and Leon Lamby are graduates of HND in Fibre Art and Illustration – respectively.

Looking forward to seeing both graduates- each exhibiting different content and formats in their art works – one illustration and the other ceramic. Both have worked freelance and exhibited and received awards throughout their artistic careers. Visit them in Cork this weekend or visit their websites.

Adele Walsh, BCFE & NCAD Graduate, Artist Statement

My creative journey of work has been inspired by stories of displacement, connections, and memories. My work consists of recognisable objects that we use in our daily life, both for nourishment and for sharing, connecting us to nature, places, and people.

Wild clay and found wood are collected during my travels, then recycled for hand building. The slow process continues with burnishing and then firing low with glazes made from burnt wood ash, seaweed and egg shells, oxides are added for colour, giving each piece a dry organic and crusty texture.

The vessels and spoons store the connections made to places, for some it is impossible to return to their homes but memories are always there to remind us of our attachments to a place.

My ceramic and glass spools can store precious threads left behind by a loved one.

Leon Lamby, Artist Statement

I work primarily in digital art, using an Ipad Pro tablet and the procreate app.

The vibrant colours and boundless imagination of anime infuses my work with a sense of energy and wonder. This medium inspires me to create scenes that blend the fantastical with the everyday, inviting viewers to explore the harmonious dance between the man-made and the organic.

As a film buff and a proud geek, I celebrate the diverse worlds of cinema and pop culture. My art reflects this amalgamation of influences, mirroring the eclectic tapestry of my interests. My love for world cinema has broadened my perspective, allowing me to embrace diverse cultures and viewpoints, particularly Asian and Japanese cultures, with Japan being one of my biggest influences.

Life, death, and transformation represented through metaphors, feature a lot in my work. My favourite to use is a butterfly as they are typically very pretty but represent more than just “eye candy” a moth is very similar to a butterfly but doesn’t get the same love, as such I like to represent beauty in an unconventional way… I use these contrasts to symbolize change in individuals and societies, inviting viewers to contemplate the cycle of existence, transformation, and rebirth.

I have a piece entitled “Lovely Couple” which depicts two skeletons on a deathbed of flowers. Rather than see this image as something morbid, on the contrary, I see it ultimately as something very romantic, a couple that stood the test of time and lived and died together.

I think outside the box and consider myself to be very open minded…