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Post-Brexit Turing Scheme gives students £22m less than EU’s Erasmus programme

Students say the Turing Scheme is plagued with problems and leaves them facing uncertainty even after they begin study

By Elizabeth McBride
Post-Brexit Turing Scheme gives students £22m less than EU’s Erasmus programme
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Young Brits hoping to study or train abroad this academic year got £22m less from the UK’s new Brexit-era ‘Turing Scheme’ than was given out by the EU Erasmus programme it replaced.

Figures for the 2022/23 academic year show £106m was given out by the UK government, compared with €144m (£128m) under the UK’s last grant from the EU-funded Erasmus+ scheme in 2020.

The Turing Scheme figure is £7m up from its 2021/22 launch year, but the amount given specifically to higher education (rather than further and vocational education, or schools) has dropped by £5m.

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