Pola Lem

Reporter @TimesHigherEd.
Plain digestives are the best digestives
Previously @ResearchEurope, @NASAEarth, @columbiajourn

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@CA_GSGREWAL Hello - Pola here. I'm Asia reporter for Times Higher Education and would be keen to talk to you for a story about Indian medical students who've left Ukraine. If you can DM me I'd appreciate it!

[Sara Custer @sarakcuster]

.@PolaLem spoke with academics at three institutions in the West Bank. "Our researchers are trying very hard…but when we think we are moving forward, something like this sets us back, I don’t know how many months or years.” https://t.co/LvS8XU6FbM

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Universities ‘paying lip service’ to interdisciplinary research
THE analysis finds high share of global institutions fail to recognise staff for cross-disciplinary working, as experts warn research environment ‘still not up to task’, writes @elliebothwell https://t.co/NTKrAF67yg

[Katherine Stiles @_K_Stiles]

“We want it [#ChatGPT] not only to answer questions, but also ask them. ... You tell it, ‘I have chest pain’, it should ask you, ‘Do you have other problems?’ That kind of system is coming,” Professor Guo says.

@PolaLem reports via @timeshighered
https://t.co/N3hmH51nHr

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@PNI_Palestine @JomanNatsheh Hello Joman - Pola here, I'm a reporter for Times Higher Education and would be keen to talk to you about events in Palestine and how academics there are affected. If you can add me I'll be able to DM you. Thanks!

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@ElhamKateeb Hello Elham - Pola here. I'm a journalist at Times Higher Education and found you on a women scientists in Palestine page. I'd be interested to talk to you - if you can follow or DM me. Thanks!

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Burden on doctors’ time is “crippling” Japan’s medical research: years of declining funding have pushed university physicians to do more clinical work, with half of professors spending less than five hours a week in the lab. @PolaLem reports
https://t.co/xMBgFY0juW

[Chris Havergal @CHavergalTHE]

Allegations that the head of Hong Kong’s leading university mishandled funds reflect years of simmering discontent over low morale, a lack of transparency and top-down decision-making, academics tell @PolaLem https://t.co/om16LAn6uh

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

“We can’t be too hasty despite pressure to deliver”: @TohokuUniPR president Hideo Ohno urges a level-headed approach as Tohoku University seeks final green light in Japan’s high-stakes excellence scheme. @PolaLem reports
https://t.co/AAMKER0a6j

[World University Rankings @THEworldunirank]

A close inspection of the latest World University Rankings shows that Chinese universities are edging closer to the top, while Oceania defends its title for the top average score. Asia dominates the new entrants list. #THEUniRankings https://t.co/rWWPgBynEt

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Taliban brings in ideological courses at Afghan universities
Lectures taught by loyalists seek to ‘turn everyone into a member of their party’, scholar says. By Pola Lem @PolaLem https://t.co/aNbuMLN6pz

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@b_nishanov Hello Bakhti - Pola here from Times Higher Education. I'm interested in talking to some researchers about the significance of this data opening up to academics. Would you be up for a chat? Please feel free to DM me

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@sehof @ChongJaIan Hello Sense and Ian - I'm Times Higher Education's Asia reporter and would be interested to talk to some scholars about this. Would either of you be up for a chat? Please feel free to DM me

[World University Rankings @THEworldunirank]

“Scholar-to-scholar connections have long been global. What has changed is the emerging interest in institution-to-institution connections,” reflects @nyuniversity president Linda Mills ahead of the latest #THEUniRankings due on 27 September.
https://t.co/RPV3O15ZJ2

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Offering more degrees on Indian soil could help UK universities maintain a steady source of income and weather the ups and downs of international student flows, according to new findings. By @PolaLem https://t.co/bsugWemLtC

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@RachaelPells @mjauk @lawrenceitv Big congrats - well done! Spelling bee winner is a good look : )

[Omer Benjakob @omerbenj]

“Imagine we could see a scientist’s revisions on their papers. That would be the equivalent of what we’re doing... it's like an MRI of the scientific consensus” - @PolaLem @timeshighered on our Wikipedia & CRISPR study - now out on @PLOSONE
w @rona_av
https://t.co/pn4rRfsOGP

[Pola Lem @PolaLem]

@DalrympleWill @IndianExpress Hi William - Pola here, Asia reporter for Times Higher Education. Would be keen to talk to you about your book, India studies and academia. Glad to explain in more detail - if it's of interest, please DM me!

[John Gill @JG_THE]

As Lords publish damning report on OfS this morning, a re-up for @johncmorgan3’s recent deep-dive for @timeshighered. What is to be done about ‘teenage regulator’ the Office for Students? https://t.co/jnuua5xd2t via @timeshighered

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

China’s cybersecurity authority has fined its largest academic database for privacy breaches in a move researchers believe could be an excuse to crack down on the platform, which contains information useful to scholars outside the country, writes @PolaLem https://t.co/gjB5KIYNmx