‘Would I be supported now?’ Stephen Hawking asks – ITV News

Last Updated: May 31, 2015By

Jason Horton on Google+ writes: “What happened to free education for all? Where did it change from a tax payer funded system that benefits everyone by providing educated and trained workers that contribute to the economy to one where students are charged a fortune and the emphasis is on them paying back loans?”

The answers are, of course: Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair happened. The change began in the late 1980s/early 1990s and has continued to this day – most notably with the addition of tuition fees under Blair and their tripling under Cameron and Clegg.

Education is now a profit-making project, and the current government is rolling this out ever-further with its plan to expand Free Schools and Academies, both of which are strands of education run by private concerns for profit.

World renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken of his fears that a gifted academic with a condition as serious as his own would not be able to flourish in today’s tough economic times.

He said: “I wonder whether a young ambitious academic, with my kind of severe condition now, would find the same generosity and support in much of higher education. Even with the best goodwill, would the money still be there? I fear not.”

Source: ‘Would I be supported now?’ Stephen Hawking asks – ITV News

5 Comments

  1. NMac May 31, 2015 at 1:13 pm - Reply

    The fact is that the Tories don’t really want working class children/teenagers educated at all, because it empowers them and that’s the last thing they want.

    • Ian May 31, 2015 at 7:45 pm - Reply

      The Tories want a servant class and they’re getting it, too.

  2. Bill Kruse May 31, 2015 at 2:19 pm - Reply

    And there’s all those grateful Indians and Koreans who are already educated and would love to work here for a time at minimum wage… why bother educating anybody here? If the parasitic classes want academics or servants, they can ship them in from abroad using Mode 4 Immigration protocols.

  3. Anne May 31, 2015 at 4:47 pm - Reply

    It’s disgusting how people get treated in this country especially when they’ve worked and contributed to the system and then become too sick to work.

  4. Michael June 2, 2015 at 3:16 am - Reply

    Stephen Hawking was happy to promote the Atos Games –
    http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/8/31/orbital-and-stephen-hawking-rock-the-paralympics.html

    Now he’s whining about “generosity” , “support” and “goodwill”

    Stick to black holes mate. :/

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