The Turing scheme could help students see the world: here’s how it works

  • Date: 12-Mar-2021
  • Source: The Telegraph
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Middle East
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The Turing scheme could help students see the world: here’s how it works

Students' hopes of studying abroad are growing brighter as lockdown is eased, and their means of doing it -  the new Turing Scheme - is opening for applications. 

The £110 million scheme was established as a replacement to the Erasmus study exchange programme following Brexit.

Before the UK left as an EU member, about 15,000 British students a year used Erasmus+ to travel, study and work with universities in Europe for three to 12 month intervals in their degree, though placements have dried up during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Now the Department for Education has quietly released details about how the Turing Scheme will work. With applications due to open this month and around 35,000 places available for students, here's what you need to know. 

What is the Turing Scheme? 

Named after Alan Turing, the World War Two codebreaker, the Turing Scheme promises to provide study placements across the world as part of the “global Britain” vision post-Brexit. 

The scheme formally launches this September, and primarily caters for higher education students, those in sixth forms, colleges or other further education, as well as vocational education and training courses. 

There will be “no limits on participant numbers”, new Turing Scheme documents say, and the destinations span every continent. 

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