CYP Now - Young people positive about Turing Scheme but funding process a 'barrier' for some

The Turing Scheme helped disadvantaged young people access learning opportunities abroad that would have been out of their reach, research has found, however problems with administering the government’s flagship post-Brexit overseas study and work initiative was a barrier to participation for some poorer students.

Each year, around 40,000 overseas study places are available through the Turing Scheme. Picture: AdobeStock

The scheme, introduced in 2021 to replace the Erasmus programme following the UK’s departure from the European Union, found that of the further education (FE) students that received funding in 2021/22, less than one in four said they’d have undertaken their overseas’ placement without Turing funding.

Meanwhile, 86 per cent of FE participants said scheme funding covered at least half of the costs of the trip, according to the evaluation of the first year by IFF Research. Nine out of 10 FE participants said they were happy with their placement.

The £110million of funding in the first year was expected to enable up to 35,000 students, learners and pupils, registered in a UK or British Overseas Territories education organisation, to undertake international study or work placements.

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