Submitted by David Birkett on Tuesday 9th March 2021
Published on Tuesday 16th March 2021
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 16th September 2021
Signatures: 58
Generically Rebrand the Turing Scheme
Alan Turing, helped to crack the Enigma codes and invent modern computer science.
He was also Gay, at 40 he accepted Chemical Castration for his "crime"
In 1954 he died from cyanide poisoning.
He was treated appallingly, so a petition to posthumously pardon him was welcome.
It's not a fitting tribute to name the replacement for the Erasmus Scheme, after Alan Turing.
This scheme, which falls way, way short of the support offered under Erasmus has his name attached to it.
I'm pretty sure that most people who quite rightly revere Alan Turing find it unacceptable. I'm sure that Mr Turing himself would be appalled.
I request this scheme be "generically rebranded" so that his good name is not besmirched by being linked with this poor substitute for Erasmus.
You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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