British Council: The Turing Scheme
Overview
Funding Objectives
The Turing Scheme will provide education and training opportunities with a global reach for the UK. Funded projects must address four main objectives: Global Britain: In line with the UK government’s vision of a global Britain, Turing Scheme projects will support highquality placements, enhance existing partnerships and encourage the forging of new relationships across the world. Levelling up: Turing Scheme projects will support social mobility and widen participation across the UK. They should help and promote equal access and opportunities to all pupils, students, and learners regardless of their background. Developing key skills: These projects will offer unique, career-building opportunities. They will give participants the hard and soft skills sought by employers and bridge the gap between education and work. Value for UK taxpayers: These projects will optimise social value in terms of potential costs, benefits, and risks.
Scale and Scope
The Turing Scheme will:
- provide funding for the mobility of pupils, students, and learners
- offer placements globally
- cover higher education (HE), further education (FE), vocational education and training (VET), and schools sectors of education and training
- provide funding for the outward mobility of participants from the UK, and British Overseas Territories
To allow maximum flexibility in meeting the needs of each sector, there will be no limits on participant numbers in respect of destination or the type of mobility undertaken. The Turing Scheme is a fully international scheme and allows participants to travel anywhere in the world, as long as foreign travel advice provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is respected.