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School trip funding plummets under government’s Turing scheme

School leaders say pupils will miss life-changing experiences with funding set aside for overseas trips slashed by two thirds under the government’s Turing scheme. The flagship £110 million scheme, named after scientist Alan Turing, opened to applications last week. It replaces the EU’s Erasmus+ programme. If it’s not ringfenced it’ll all go into higher education […]

Schools to get £10m Turing Scheme cash for 5,000 placements

Schools will receive £10 million in funding from the government’s Turing Scheme, Schools Week can reveal. £105 million in total has been promised to pay for 35,000 placements for the UK’s new international student exchange programme, which is set to get underway in September. In an interview with Schools Week’s sister paper FE Week, Ecorys, […]