Press & Media
This page gathers podcasts and media mentions that feature Spring University Myanmar. These external conversations help explain how SUM operates, the challenges it faces, and the ways it supports access to learning across Myanmar.
Podcast
Trajectories in Flux
Show: Insight Myanmar Podcast
Published on: November 11, 2025
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This episode brings together speakers from food security, economics, energy, education, digital rights, and journalism to explain how life in Myanmar has changed since the 2021 coup, joined in by a representative from SUM. They describe what has broken down across key sectors and what kinds of community efforts still continue despite the collapse of formal systems.
Podcast
Higher Education in
Post-coup Myanmar
Show: FreshEd Podcast with Will Brehm
Published on: August 28, 2023
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This episode looks at how Spring University Myanmar was formed after the 2021 coup and how it provides learning opportunities when official system is no longer reliable. The conversation covers digital teaching, student networks, and the role of community-led education during the crisis.
Podcast
Living in Post-coup Myanmar
Show: Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast, CSEAS @ NIU
Published on: August 3, 2022
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In this episode a guest (a refugee from Myanmar’s February 2021 coup) speaks with Dr. Jones about living under military rule in post-coup Myanmar, joined by a representative from SUM. The discussion covers the nature of the coup, personal experience as a protestor, and how daily life and resistance have changed under the junta.
