Next stage of Turing scheme unveiled to boost international education

A new website for the Turing scheme has gone live with funding and eligibility details so that universities, colleges and schools to prepare for bids to open in Spring. The scheme replaces the Erasmus scheme and will support students from across the UK and from all backgrounds to take advantage of the benefits of studying and working abroad from September 2021.

Details of the Turing Scheme, run by a consortium of the British Council and Ecorys, have been published and will help schools, colleges and universities prepare applications for the new scheme ahead of the applications window opening in the next few weeks.

The government has also updated its International Education Strategy, led by the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for International Trade (DIT), will work alongside the scheme, focused on supporting the education sector to benefit from global growth opportunities.

This updated strategy reaffirms the government’s commitment to increase the amount generated from education exports, such as fees and income from overseas students and English language teaching abroad, to £35 billion a year, and sustainably recruit at least 600,000 international students to the UK by 2030.

It also outlines plans for a new international teaching qualification (iQTS) so teachers around the globe can train to world-leading domestic standards and support growing international demand for high quality teaching. It also highlights recent changes including streamlining application processes and boosting job prospects for international students.