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<p>The UK government is supporting access to study abroad through the Turing Scheme.
The scheme provides grant funding for education providers and organisations to offer
their students, learners and pupils undertake study or work placement across the globe.
Participants can study or work anywhere in the world, subject to Foreign, Commonwealth
& Development Office travel advice.</p><p>Education providers and other eligible
organisations are able to apply to the Turing Scheme. Organisations that have been
awarded funds are responsible for planning projects that will see their students undertake
international placements funded through the Turing Scheme. Students do not apply directly
to the Turing Scheme. This is the same institution-led model used for international
placement schemes like the Erasmus+ Programme.</p><p>The Turing Scheme allocated funding
for international study and work placements for 41,024 students, learners, and pupils
in the 2021/22 academic year and 38,374 in the 2022/23 academic year. Funding results
by sector are published on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/"
target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/</a>. Application outcomes for the
2023/24 academic year will be announced in July 2023.</p><p>Whilst the Turing Scheme
focuses on study and work placements for students, the Erasmus+ Programme also included
some staff mobility, and youth and adult educational mobilities. However, the European
Commission does not break down the total number of UK participants in any other sector
than Higher Education (HE) between staff and students. The department is therefore
unable to provide all the information requested. HE student participant numbers in
Erasmus+ from the UK were 15,784 in the 2015/16 academic year, 16,559 in 2016/17,
17,048 in 2017/18, 18,305 in 2018/19 and 16,596 in 2019/20. The Turing Scheme is providing
funding for 23,472 HE placements in the 2022/23 academic year and provided funding
for over 28,000 HE placements in 2021/22.</p><p>The Turing Scheme has an annual application
window in which eligible organisations can apply for funding:</p><ul><li>For 2021/22
placements, the application window opened on 12 March 2021 and closed on 16 April
2021. Applicants were notified of the outcome of their application and funding amounts
by 4 August 2021. There were no appeals. The period between the closing of the application
window to the notification of results was 15 weeks and 5 days, during which time the
applications were assessed.</li><li>For 2022/23 placements, the application window
opened on 31 March 2022 and closed on 29 April 2022. Applicants were notified of the
outcome of their application by 30 June 2022 and of their funding amounts by 17 July
2022. Successful appellants were notified of their funding amounts by 16 Aug 2022.
The period between the closing of the application window to the notification of initial
application results was 8 weeks and 6 days, during which time the applications were
assessed. Notification of funding amounts were issued 2 weeks and 3 days later. The
duration of the appeals process was 15 weeks and 4 days from the initial notification
to the notification of the final outcomes of the appeal.</li><li>For 2023/24 placements,
the application window opened on 14 February 2023 and closed on 6 April 2023. Applicants
will be notified of the outcome of their applications and funding amounts in July
2023. Appeal outcomes will be confirmed to appellants in August 2023.</li></ul><p>Under
the Turing Scheme, participants receive grants to help cover the general costs of
living while they are abroad. The amount of funding provided towards the cost of living
for each participant will vary depending on the sector and destination country/territory.
Destination countries/territories are grouped into three categories: Group 1 (high
cost of living), Group 2 (medium cost of living) and Group 3 (lower cost of living).
These categories were determined with reference to the World Bank’s International
Comparison Program which compares countries’ Price Level Indexes, the country groupings
used by the European Commission for the Erasmus+ Programme, and data from the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development.</p><p> </p>
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