More disadvantaged students are set to benefit from the Turing Scheme in the next academic year, with two-thirds of participants coming from deprived or underrepresented backgrounds, the government has said.
More than 40,000 people across the UK will have the chance to study or work abroad under the scheme, with two-thirds being from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds, the Department for Education has announced. This figure has increased from 51 per cent last year.
The Turing Scheme is designed to help universities, colleges and schools offer international education and training opportunities to students, through almost £105m in funding to support placement costs.
More than 22,800 higher education placements, more than 6,700 school placements, and more than 10,500 further education and vocational education and training placements are available to students through the initiative in the 2023/24 academic year.
