The Turing scheme was supposed to help more disadvantaged UK students study abroad – but they may still be losing out

By Johanna L. Waters, Professor of Human Geography, UCL

The loss of access for UK university students to the Erasmus+ scheme – a Europe-wide exchange programme that offers students the opportunity and funding to study or work abroad for up to a year – was a widely mourned consequence of Brexit.

The UK government announced a replacement, the Turing scheme, in December 2020. This scheme funds education or training placements outside the UK – in theory, anywhere in the world.…

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