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Conor O'Reilly EdD

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EdD focusing Internationalisation of Higher Education in Ireland - teacher of academic skills and employability - Irishman living in Korea - ADHDer

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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Nov 14

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

The outlooks of international students when immersed in an Irish higher education setting - Enlighten Theses

theses.gla.ac.uk

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Aug 13

#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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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Aug 7

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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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Aug 6

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!

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Aug 4

Create your own voice. Don't wait to be allowed one.

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Aug 1

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'?

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.

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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 31

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.

Journal of Global Higher Education @globalhigheredj.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌍🎉 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

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 30

I find it is much more rewarding to be distracted than getting the actual stuff finished.

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 29

Stop messing around and just write the thing. Just write it. Get off social media. And WRITE!

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 28

feeling empty is all part of the process #jobhunting

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 27

Someone followed me on twitter.....it's 2025 like.

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 21

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.

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 18

Trying to force myself into a writing habit...

(from: Writing Your Journal Article in Twleve Weeks)

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 17

I did an interview for a job. I have tried for around 5 or 6 similar roles. Where do all these people start? Where is the bottom rung? Why do people not feel fit to trust me?
#feelinguseless

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 15

That's the bigger issue in Ireland. Students will pay, but if there's nowhere to live then that's a multitude of problems.

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ireland the same. BUT actually not as big an issue as it would be for locals.

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 15

The marketers usually leave that bit out of their blurbs

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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 15

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....

BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · Jul 14

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 …

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

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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 15

Quite jealous of those people out there deleting their linkedin...

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 15

"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".

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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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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 14

Trying to write a little. As ever, the words and ideas are fine. Its the belief in myself where the problem lies.

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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · Jul 13

We spent a few days in Tuam.

Read and watch here:
www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/e...

She was discarded in a septic tank 80 years ago. Her sister won’t rest until she’s buried | CNN

When Annette McKay’s first grandson was born, she thought her mother would be over the moon. She had become a great-grandmother. Instead, it led her to reveal a secret she had buried for decades.

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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 9

While I'm on the subject of complaining about job hunting...I love applying for a job that I am absolutely certain I won't even get a sniff of an interview off....

Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · Jul 8

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.