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  • 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

  • I commenced the Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced course in Sept 2019 as a mature student. At the beginning I was somewhat nervous as I had not been in a classroom setting since my leaving cert in 2004.  The teachers I had were extremely...

    Kim Manley Killeen

    Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced

  • My Experience in BCFE The first couple of days I was so nervous returning to college to do a course as a mature student in my 40s, as I did not know anyone, but I soon made friends within our...

    Leona Rogers

    Nursing Studies Level 5

  • I have been working in RTE Radio 1 for the past ten years. I produce and present on Radio One each Saturday morning at 8.30am. I also stand in for Joe Duffy on Liveline and I also present the sport...

    Damien O’Reilly

    Media & Broadcasting

  • 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

  • 2018 Graduate Simon O’Leary  I really found my feet during the two year radio course as it was so hands on and practical.  I did Media & Broadcasting Diploma (MND) then Radio Programming & Production Diploma Level 6 Higher National...

    Simon O’Leary

    Radio Programming & Production

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