Conor O'Reilly EdD
@conororeilly.bsky.social
EdD focusing Internationalisation of Higher Education in Ireland - teacher of academic skills and employability - Irishman living in Korea - ADHDer
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The outlooks of international students when immersed in an Irish higher education setting - Enlighten Theses
theses.gla.ac.uk
For those with an interest in #internationalstudents lived experience in Irish higher education, my EdD dissertation is now available to download and read here - theses.gla.ac.uk/84070/
#intled #highered
#intled #highered
#Readthis: Critical thinking was in decline before AI open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
Critical thinking was in decline before AI
There is a tendency, especially in discussions shaped by technological determinism, to blame complex problems on a single, recent cause.
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August 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#Readthis: Critical thinking was in decline before AI open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...
Would you go to prison for something you wrote?
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Would you go to prison for something you wrote?
The reality today is that many are arrested and prosecuted for the words they have written and shared.
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August 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Would you go to prison for something you wrote?
open.substack.com/pub/conorore...
open.substack.com/pub/conorore...
Traveling to #Chengdu in #china tomorrow. Last time I was there I was 26 with a rucksack and hoping for adventure. I remember Dufu's house but that's about it. This trip will be dramatic in a different way. Suggestions for #thingstodoinchengdu!
August 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Traveling to #Chengdu in #china tomorrow. Last time I was there I was 26 with a rucksack and hoping for adventure. I remember Dufu's house but that's about it. This trip will be dramatic in a different way. Suggestions for #thingstodoinchengdu!
Create your own voice. Don't wait to be allowed one.
August 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Create your own voice. Don't wait to be allowed one.
I wrote about what is an international student on my substack. Take a look!
Is there a recognised definition for 'international student'?
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Is there a recognised definition for 'international student'?
conororeilly.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
Is there a recognised definition for 'international student'?
This post will be a part of a series where I want to discuss this term which is used a lot but is quite ambiguous, while at the same time it impacts how we percieve hundreds of thousands of people.
conororeilly.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I wrote about what is an international student on my substack. Take a look!
Is there a recognised definition for 'international student'?
conororeilly.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
Is there a recognised definition for 'international student'?
conororeilly.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
Exciting to welcome this new journal discussing the wealth and diversity of issues relevant to #highereducation and #intled. Well done to @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social, @selomer42.bsky.social & colleagues for driving this initiative.
🌍🎉 The Journal of Global Higher Education has officially launched!
We’re excited to share our inaugural issue, now available: journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...
Our submissions system will open by mid-September, we hope you’ll consider submitting your work!
#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd
We’re excited to share our inaugural issue, now available: journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...
Our submissions system will open by mid-September, we hope you’ll consider submitting your work!
#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd
July 31, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Exciting to welcome this new journal discussing the wealth and diversity of issues relevant to #highereducation and #intled. Well done to @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social, @selomer42.bsky.social & colleagues for driving this initiative.
I find it is much more rewarding to be distracted than getting the actual stuff finished.
July 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I find it is much more rewarding to be distracted than getting the actual stuff finished.
Stop messing around and just write the thing. Just write it. Get off social media. And WRITE!
July 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Stop messing around and just write the thing. Just write it. Get off social media. And WRITE!
feeling empty is all part of the process #jobhunting
July 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
feeling empty is all part of the process #jobhunting
Someone followed me on twitter.....it's 2025 like.
July 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Someone followed me on twitter.....it's 2025 like.
Transitioning to Ireland, and a little concerned that I will need to find work outside teaching or education. It would genuinely break my heart if I couldn't be involved in education, working with students, helping people become better.
July 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Transitioning to Ireland, and a little concerned that I will need to find work outside teaching or education. It would genuinely break my heart if I couldn't be involved in education, working with students, helping people become better.
Trying to force myself into a writing habit...
(from: Writing Your Journal Article in Twleve Weeks)
(from: Writing Your Journal Article in Twleve Weeks)
July 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Trying to force myself into a writing habit...
(from: Writing Your Journal Article in Twleve Weeks)
(from: Writing Your Journal Article in Twleve Weeks)
I don't really have anyone to talk to about this and seeing no one seems to use this platform, I can just shout into the void.
#academiccareer
#academiccareer
July 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I don't really have anyone to talk to about this and seeing no one seems to use this platform, I can just shout into the void.
#academiccareer
#academiccareer
Shifting country and shifting career... Every time I try to move on or upwards professionally, I feel I have to climb all the way back down a ladder, then try to start climbing another one. It is so frustrating and I am often left to feel humiliated.
#career #whatsnext
#career #whatsnext
July 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Shifting country and shifting career... Every time I try to move on or upwards professionally, I feel I have to climb all the way back down a ladder, then try to start climbing another one. It is so frustrating and I am often left to feel humiliated.
#career #whatsnext
#career #whatsnext
With many of the largest IS destinations pushing back against attracting more students, the opportunity is ripe for smaller, dynamic education systems to take advantage of the global shifts and threats to student mobility. New Zealand making a simple but attractive change here....
New Zealand raises working hours for international students
https://www.byteseu.com/1194523/
According to Immigration New Zealand (INZ), the rule applies to all international students granted a visa from Nov. 3 onwards. Students holding older visas, currently limited to 20 hours of work per …
https://www.byteseu.com/1194523/
According to Immigration New Zealand (INZ), the rule applies to all international students granted a visa from Nov. 3 onwards. Students holding older visas, currently limited to 20 hours of work per …
New Zealand raises working hours for international students - Bytes Europe
According to Immigration New Zealand (INZ), the rule applies to all international students granted a visa from Nov. 3 onwards.
www.byteseu.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
With many of the largest IS destinations pushing back against attracting more students, the opportunity is ripe for smaller, dynamic education systems to take advantage of the global shifts and threats to student mobility. New Zealand making a simple but attractive change here....
Quite jealous of those people out there deleting their linkedin...
July 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Quite jealous of those people out there deleting their linkedin...
"flagship universities initiative proposes levelling up ten national universities across the country as a means to address educational inequality, ease university entrance pressures to get into the current few top universities in Seoul".
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
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‘Architect’ of flagship HE policy is nominated minister
Lee Jin-sook, the ‘architect’ of South Korea’s new president’s policy to have 10 major flagship universities in the country, has been nominate...
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July 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"flagship universities initiative proposes levelling up ten national universities across the country as a means to address educational inequality, ease university entrance pressures to get into the current few top universities in Seoul".
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....
Trying to write a little. As ever, the words and ideas are fine. Its the belief in myself where the problem lies.
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Trying to write a little. As ever, the words and ideas are fine. Its the belief in myself where the problem lies.
Reposted by Conor O'Reilly EdD
6.55 and it's 26 centigrade already in Songdo, Incheon. Humidity is 86%, which isnt too bad. Car temperature had a high if 38 yesterday. The fact this normalised is our newest concern.
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
6.55 and it's 26 centigrade already in Songdo, Incheon. Humidity is 86%, which isnt too bad. Car temperature had a high if 38 yesterday. The fact this normalised is our newest concern.
#jobhunting is probably the most demotivating task, especially after working at it for so long. I see a job I could do (I think well) but there's always someone else ahead of me.
*please don't tell me what I need to do to get ahead - I already know.
*please don't tell me what I need to do to get ahead - I already know.
July 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#jobhunting is probably the most demotivating task, especially after working at it for so long. I see a job I could do (I think well) but there's always someone else ahead of me.
*please don't tell me what I need to do to get ahead - I already know.
*please don't tell me what I need to do to get ahead - I already know.
#ADHD isn't a superpower - it's a curse. If it was superpower, I wouldn't lose meaningful things, and then feel like the shittest person on the planet. If it was a superpower I'd be able to fly away or zap the feeling of uselessness to smithereens. Instead I'm left with more regret.
July 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#ADHD isn't a superpower - it's a curse. If it was superpower, I wouldn't lose meaningful things, and then feel like the shittest person on the planet. If it was a superpower I'd be able to fly away or zap the feeling of uselessness to smithereens. Instead I'm left with more regret.
For those of you not on LinkedIn 😂 I'll be #movingback to #Ireland in August. On the look out for opportunities, short and long term, remote or face-to-face.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
For those of you not on LinkedIn 😂 I'll be #movingback to #Ireland in August. On the look out for opportunities, short and long term, remote or face-to-face.
I can't believe it's only Monday (7.27am)
July 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I can't believe it's only Monday (7.27am)
I wish linkedin would recommend some jobs I'm either eligible for, or - and this is a bit left of field - actually remotely interested in...
June 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wish linkedin would recommend some jobs I'm either eligible for, or - and this is a bit left of field - actually remotely interested in...