CYP Now - Turing Scheme to support 14,000 fewer young people than Erasmus+

Foreign study and work programme the Turing Scheme, will only support around three quarters of the number of young people helped by the Erasmus+ scheme it replaces, it has emerged.

The scheme is largely open to universities and schools. Picture: Adobe Stock

The government has announced further details of the Turing Scheme, which was developed following Brexit and the end of the UK’s involvement in the European Union’s international study and work scheme Erasmus+.

But according to ministers, 40,000 young people, including 28,000 university students, are set to study abroad as part of the Turing Scheme, which has awarded grants totalling £110m to 120 universities and more than 200 schools and colleges.

This is around 14,000 fewer than the figures for the UK’s participation in Erasmus+ in 2019, which shows that 54,619 participations were supported, through more than 600 UK projects.

This included 28,409 from higher education, 3,417 from schools, 8,367 from youth projects and 13,472 involved in vocational education and training.

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