Latest Updates from Ballyfermot College of Further Education
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Course Title: Traineeship in Applied Politics and Leadership
What is a Traineeship?
Traineeships are short, structured training programmes which combine learning in an education set-ting as well as learning in the workplace in partnership with employers. (etbi,2024)
Why choose this course?
This traineeship is the ideal course for community and political activists and those who volunteer in Community organisations, charities and advocacy groups.
This course is centred around practical skills applicable to nearly all political and advocacy areas. You will develop an understanding of how national, regional, and local political systems and organisations work and interact and how to engage with them effectively.
You will gain the requisite skills to operate effectively as a community or organisational political plan-ner or leader and exhibit ability and awareness of Irish and European societies. Participants will, with direction develop leadership skills for community or voluntary sectors or in organisations engaged in campaigning and advocacy. Relevant communication skills and the ability to plan campaigns, to lobby to achieve goals will be encouraged during the duration of this course.
You are also required to complete work experience with a relevant political, community or advocacy organisation. This course is a one-year (48 week) traineeship. You will be on practical placement for 12 weeks at the end of your studies and the remainder of the course will be completed in BCFE. This course is a QQI Level 5 Major award so is dual purpose allowing applicants to enter the world of work but also to access Higher Education through the Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS).
What will you study?
· Political Studies (5N1837)
· Legal Practice and Procedures (5N1394)
· Conflict Resolution (5N0692)
· Psychology (5N0754)
· Intercultural Studies (5N0765)
· Work Practice (5N1433)
· Social Studies (5N1370)
· Communications (5N0690)
· Political Philosophy (5N3426)
Course Outline:
· No course fees
· Trainees are paid for duration of traineeship
· Eligible participants retain any existing DSP/ INTREO while participating in train-eeship
· Some participants may be eligible for additional income support
· Opportunity to apply for Erasmus+ Programme
· Day excursions to the Oireachtas and The Four Courts
· Social Media Training for Professionals
· Guest lecturers
Course Features:
· Three-month Internship / Work Placement
Progression and Career Opportunities:
· Students can use the Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS) to apply for certain de-gree programmes through the CAO. Appliants will qualify for first year entry to a degree programme.
· Relevant University Degree Programmes, e.g. International Relations, Human Rights, Political Science, EU affairs, Sociology or Psychology courses.
Desirable:
· Traineeships are free to access and open to potential participants of all ages and backgrounds including school leavers, older learners and those in, or seeking employ-ment.
· Applicants should have awareness of political, economic, social, and cultural con-texts in contemporary Irish and European society.
Apply now www.bcfe.ie. You will find this course listed in the Arts, Humanities &Social Sciences De-partment.
BCFE Ballyfermot Animation Course presentation at ITFS as part of Zeitgeist Ireland
On invitation from Animation Ireland, Gwen Fagan and Orla Daly travelled to Stuttgart, Germany as part of the Irish delegation for the ITFS Zeitgeist Ireland focus.
Gwen delivered a 30-minute presentation about the Irish School of Ani-mation at Ballyfermot College, complete with archival footage of special guest lecturer Glen Keane and an interview of notable ISA alumni Paul Young of Cartoon Saloon, who recently won an Annie for Best Director for ‘Screechers’ Reach.’ She also shared stills and video of recent stu-dent work, student life, recent facilities upgrades and investment, op-portunities for student travel, the faculty, and finished up with the cur-rent ISA showreel. With thanks to all who contributed to the content, particularly Eddie Hallahan, Jolien Hampson, Annette Smyth, and Orla Daly.
In addition, the festival screened 2023 graduate films ‘Tooth Be Told’ by Sarah Enright, Mihai Rosca, Andrew Guilding, and Shannon Hegarty; and Oisin’s Return by Cian Killalea, Eimear Cooney, Murky Onyango, Wayne Cronin, and Eoin Higgins.
Alumna Holly Keating presented her recent work for the Irish National Opera in the Open-Air cinema. Holly is an award-winning director, achieving the 2020 Royal Television Society UK Student Award for best Craft in an Animated Film, as well as receiving the Emerging Director Award 2020 in the Animation Category for her grad film CTRL+ALT+Z.
There was a real sense of celebration of Irish creative talent at Ger-many’s flagship animation festival! With special thanks to ITFS and Ani-mation Ireland, Culture Ireland, and the Irish Embassy, Berlin. Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) – itfs.de
BCFE Game Review Websites Go Live
Our Level 5 QQI Games Production students have been hard at work creating their game review websites since early February. We are now in the marketing phase, and we’ve love to share some of our sites with you and we hope you enjoy them!! We will add more to the college website,www.bcfe.ie, over the coming weeks as they get ready to launch!
Students from this course will often progress to our level 6 Games design course; Advanced Games Production & Design Level 6 - BCFE, and from the level 6 to the Game design; Games Design (Visual Media) BA (Hons) Degree Level 8 - BCFE- All these courses in Games Design can be applied for on our website, www.bcfe.ie
BCFE Back to the Bungalow Exhibition, Ballyfermot Library, from 23rd April
Back to the Bungalow, new content creation and illustration exhibition opens in Ballyfermot Library. Students of Ballyfermot College will unveil a new content creation and illustration exhibition at Ballyfermot Library later this month.
Students of the college’s Content Creation and Photography and Illus-tration courses have been working with staff and volunteers at The Bun-galow Family Resource Centre in Cherry Orchard to highlight the work of the organisation and the services it provides to the community.
The Bungalow offers a variety of services from low cost cooking and sewing classes to line dancing. In operation since 1990 The Bungalow is at the heart of the community and a much-cherished local resource.
Students have worked to give some insight into this work through pho-tography, video, illustration and audio projects. This thoroughly engaging exhibition will open the public in Ballyfermot Library at 5pm on Tuesday April 23rd.
This exhibition will be an exciting insight into the hard work and com-mitment the students of Ballyfermot College have been doing to bring awareness to the amazing work of The Bungalow and all of the hard work they do for their community.
Location Gallery One, Ballyfermot Library
Opening Event 5pm, Tuesday, April 23rd Contact Aisling O’ Rourke [email protected]
BCFE students hosted an exhibition of their work in Lucan Public Library
Staff & students of the Games and Animation courses visited the Dingle Animation Festival this weekend. Congrats to Rian Lambe (pictured above), one of BCFE Games Degree students, for winning Best Games Sting, sponsored by 2K Games.
High standard competition in the Big Pitcher and excellent pitch by second year Classical & Computer Animation student, Persephone Humph Murphy.
