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<p>The Department does not collect or hold information on the proportion of qualified
modern foreign language (MFL) teachers in England that have taken part in the Erasmus+
scheme.</p><p>The Turing scheme, which replaces the UK’s participation in Erasmus+,
will be backed by at least £100 million, providing funding for around 35,000 students
in universities, colleges, and schools to go on placements and exchanges overseas,
starting in September 2021. The scheme will be global and not limited to the European
Union. The Turing scheme will be available to students of all subjects, including
those studying degrees in MFL. Further details of the scheme will be published shortly.</p><p>Alongside
the Turing scheme, the Government remains committed to ensuring pupils have access
to high quality languages provision and that we continue to attract, retain, and develop
the high quality languages teachers we need. To support MFL teacher recruitment, we
are offering a £10,000 bursary for MFL trainees starting initial teacher training
(ITT) in the 2021/22 academic year. We have also confirmed that ITT providers will
be able to offer subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses to support MFL candidates
for the academic year 2020/21 from April 2021. SKE courses are designed to help ITT
applicants gain the depth of subject knowledge they need to train to teach their chosen
subject.</p>
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