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Visit to Moli, the Museum of Literature Ireland, Newman House

SCC Photography Competition 2026

Musicians Wanted | Irish Traditional Music Open Session

Game Websites Launch

Sean Browne wins Black Shamrock Scholarship 2025/2026

Wellness Week 2026

Illustrator Stephen Kavanagh visits college

SCC International Public Speaking Competition 12th Feb

Good Luck to Richie Baneham for 3rd Oscar Nomination

SCC Chess Tournament 2026 – Feb 25th & Mar 4th

SCC Public Speaking Competition 21 Jan 2026

NUIM Nursing Visit
past students
view all studentsI didn’t do well at school, I started a course in Ballyfermot College of Further Education when I was 25. This course directly led to my being accepted by Trinity College Dublin, where I eventually attained a BA in History...
Frankie Gaffney
Pre-University Level 5 Certificate
The Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced course helped me to know more about people, about intellectual disabilities, and holistic care as well as applying a person centered Approach. There is a Work Experience element to this course. I did my placement at a Community...
Nosa Osarenkhoe
Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced
Hello all, I am Gloria Odigie, a family carer, I just finished studying Advance Social Care, Level 6, SVC, Ballyfermot College of Further Education. I returned to college having put my Nursing on hold to care for my loved ones....
Gloria Odigie
Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced
Before starting my course in Ballyfermot, I had recently finished my Leaving Cert. I had decided I wanted to go to college. I found the Digital Marketing and Content Creation course and wanted to see what it would be like...
Dean Harding
Digital Marketing and Content Creation
I am a female that knows what I want in life and I pursue it whole heartedly. I am a mum, wife, sister and someone’s daughter. I love telling stories and making music and I have a lot of experience...
Oluwafunmilayo (La’Fun) Ayibiowu
Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced
Ballyfermot College of Further Education helped to shape my understanding of the Irish media landscape and its different news values. During the two-year Diploma in Journalism we created a student newspaper, the Student Chronicle. While working on the paper I...
Oisín Ó Cuilleanáin
Higher National Diploma in Journalism, BA in Media Production Management
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- BA (Hons) Immersive Media & Virtual Film Production


