Data about successful applications for funding under the Turing Scheme has shown a stark difference in destinations between schools, FE and VET, and HE.

Successful bids to the UK's new outbound mobility program, the Turing Scheme, will allow 40,000 UK university and school students to study and work abroad, up from the original 35,000 placement target.

The UK's Turing scheme will allow young people to become a new generation of "truly global citizens", universities minister Michelle Donelan has stated.

The Welsh government has announced a £65m exchange program that will fund both inbound and outbound mobility in the wake of the UK's exit from the Erasmus+ scheme.

The UK has announced that applications for Turing Scheme funding are now open. The Erasmus+ replacement will fund 35,000 global exchanges from September 2021.

Further details on Erasmus replacement – Turing scheme – have been released, confirming that the scheme extends far beyond higher education and will support disadvantaged students.

A majority of further education providers in the UK have suggested the double impact of Brexit and Covid-19 will significantly limit income gained from the international market.

The UK higher education sector faces long-term challenges from new study hubs as the country fashions a new role in Europe, the British Council suggested at its International Education Virtual Festival.