BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Evening Edition  >  Inside Story  >  Supporting Underserved Students In Higher Education

Supporting Underserved Students In Higher Education

Ida Thien, Co-Founder, Closing The Gap | Professor Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi, Professor Of Architecture, UCSI | Syed Saddiq, President, MUDA

30-Mar-22 18:00

Supporting Underserved Students In Higher Education

A student was recently berated by his lecturer in front of the whole class for not having a computer. We look into the support that a B40 student needs going into higher education. Next, we discuss the kind of training lecturers would need to avoid this from happening again. Lastly, we talk about the government's laptop initiative for B40 students that was under Budget 2021.

Image source: ellinnur bakarudin, Shutterstock

Produced by: Natasha Fusil, Alia Zefri, Jeremy Ng

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  educationsocial issues

Tags:  evening editioninside storyuitmlecturerstudentlaptoponline classesdigital divideb40 communitiessocial media





Play / Pause

Listen now : BFM 89.9 -- The Business Station

Today’s Shows



11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Fresh off their 2025 ACE Market debut and now armed with RM50 million in cash reserves (as of their Q1 results), the husband-and-wife duo from Foodie Media joins BFM’s Open For Business to unpack their story from scrappy content creators to public company executives.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) We review A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on the novellas by George R. R. Martin and set decades before the events of Game of Thrones.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) The PHEV version of the Proton e.MAS 7 looks like a more enticing option for people who are still reluctant to go full EV. Daniel shares his impressions of the car after taking it out for a spin.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Matt and Richard return to the land of the weird, looking at the biggest tech headlines recently.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) Malaysia’s proposed seed law changes have sparked regional concern. We speak with Sangeeta Shashikant and Nori Ignacio about what UPOV 1991 could mean for farmers’ rights.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) Bowling legend, Esther Cheah joins us in the studio to reflect on her career after announcing her retirement recently.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two women in France and Canada about why single-sex living spaces appeal to older women.