#Readthis: Critical thinking was in decline before AI open.substack.com/pub/jamescos...

Would you go to prison for something you wrote? 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!

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'? 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.

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!

feeling empty is all part of the process #jobhunting

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.

Trying to force myself into a writing habit... (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

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

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...

"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....

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

We spent a few days in Tuam. Read and watch here: www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/e...

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.

#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.

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...

Are you speaking at next weeks Internationalisation Practitioners in Higher Education Conference (online)? Please share this with your colleagues. Not speaking? Make sure to register to attend. All the details are here: internationalpedagogies.home.blog/conference-2... @selomer42.bsky.social

Always rewarding when you stay up until midnight to join a webinar and you miss the thing because you got the times wrong because the thing is on Canadian time…

#EAIE conference appears to bill itself as the top conference/organisation for international education (at least in Europe), and charging almost €1000 euro a head to attend is a great way to keep out those lower tier attendees. #ridiculous

Korea has a new president.

Even after over ten years of researching, working, parenting, and husbanding (we shall limit it these for the sake of argument), I am still absolutely clueless about how to even come close to finding a balance.

Embarking on a new journey. New journey looks like the old one. Old one went one way, this time I go the other. Am I being cryptic enough? Essentially, I’m moving back to Ireland. P.S. send job hints.

Okay...I know he's cute & amazing, but that's not why I posted this. He's basically telling people that the U.S. is threatening Ireland with financial hardship if it doesn't change its stance on Israel. Americans should not be cool with this

I worry that when too many voices make noise, they clearest and most vital will not be heard. #freepalestine open.substack.com/pub/conorore...

Excited to secretly and trepidatiously announce I’m moving back to Ireland in a few months.

This is a very exciting development - the schedule of speakers and link for registration for this conference is now available. Great work by team to get this out. Only one month to go! www.linkedin.com/posts/intern...

Excuse the social media rant but... Feeling largely insignificant. Can't latch on to positivity. Can't get any goals started on. Just end up wondering why everyone else is a success and I'm not. The spiral of negativity excentuayed by the hyper speed of my adhd micro ideas.

"How can we, within this moment, move beyond simply writing against coloniality, othering, stereotyping, and mistreatment, to taking action?" - we must speak out against this 'moment of global mistreatment': researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/22/w... @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social

A fascinating discussion by @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social exploring how deficit thinking and actions against international students are acts of unkindness. We should ask how our actions impact international students lives? How can we appreciate and celebrate different approaches to learning? #intled

We've tracked over 300 student visa revocations, already more than State Dept reported a few weeks ago. Many more are flying under the radar as the Trump admin rapidly escalates its student deportation efforts. Reach out to me or @amowreader.com with tips/unreported numbers and follow for updates.

Very thorough discussion - "Language and Racial Hierarchies in Academia" by From Activism to Actionable: EAP for Social Justice - creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... @vijayramjattan.bsky.social @paulbreenauthor.bsky.social @wilhardman.bsky.social @eap4sj.bsky.social

Struggling to cope with the constant barrage of news stories - each one more destructive than previously.

THIS WEEK! Our upcoming session on FRIDAY: “Navigating intersectionality, policy, and activism: Queer international students in the global north” ⬇️

Yoon impeached by unanimous decision by Korea's constitutional court!

I want to write about #educide in #Gaza, and especially in higher education. However, I'm worried about the response ses or knock on effects. I'm not afraid of trolls or aggressive comments, but should I be concerned about threats to me personally, including my job/lifestyle.

Last call for submissions - Internationalisation Practitioners & Researchers in Higher Education 2025 Conference #intled #highered #internationalisation internationalpedagogies.home.blog/conference-2...

This week I wrote about vigilance, and how I'm less interested in litigating whether Garron Noone is a racist, than in whether what he said was true or not. It wasn't. And people are right to be alarmed that he said it, and to wonder why he did. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

You will never convince me that Chatgpt can produce a better written work. I believe strongly in my own authorship, and I take great care to choose each correct word when writing - even emails & especially typos. Even if that takes longer to complete, we can do a better job, and it will be ours!

Every day I forget I have a doctorate that I worked my ass off for. Would be cool to get some recognition for it 💸🤑

So many things to write. None of them actually ‘fun’.