Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE) walked away with two student media awards at the ‘Smedias’ last week.
The Ballyfermot Post won the award for best small college publication, which was accepted by the paper’s editor Cian Ginty on behalf of his colleagues. The Post is the first BCFE newspaper to win an award.
Speaking at the [...]
Ballyfermot college has distanced it self from Immigration Control Platform (ICP) after a promotional card for the far right group was posted on the multicultural notice board in the college.
One of BCFE’s deputy principals, Diarmuid O’Brien, told this publication the college “has no role to play in immigration”.
ICP have previously called for Ireland’s withdrawal [...]
Internet censorship at Ballyfermot college has expanded in the last month, even restricting access to search engine Yahoo.
It caused students problems accessing email and search services of the US company with offices in
Ireland, even thought the Ballyfermot Post was previously told that useful sites would be unblocked in “a matter of two seconds”. Peter Burke, [...]
A mix of the glitterati and leaders in their fields were out in force as the inaugural BCFE Media Alumni evening took place last week. The event, held in the Anna Brett Hall in the college’s Media Building, was hosted by Ballyfermot graduates Mairead Farrell of Today FM and Conor Clear of TV3 (pictured above, [...]
As part of our coverage of BCFE’s first of Media Alumni evening, Michelle Mac Mullan asked past students Lorraine Keane, Rick O’Shea, Arianna Dunne, and Mairead Farrell, ‘What does it mean to have gone to BCFE?’:
Lorraine Keane, TV3
I was only here for one year, and got the certificate. I was going to go on and [...]
BCFE’s first rag week in over three years was cancelled unbeknownst to the student population. The only reason given for the decision was the “academic commitments” of the members of the SU.
When asked why the SU failed to deliver on the promised festivities, union head Jenny little claimed to being “up to their eyeballs with [...]