Turing scheme

[4] Despite these accomplishments, he was never fully recognised in his home country during his lifetime due to the prevalence of homophobia at the time and because much of his work was covered by the Official Secrets Act.

[9] The original proposal was expanded to include children as young as 4 on school organised trips or exchange programmes abroad lasting up to two months and older sixth form students on higher education or vocational courses, with the possibility of undertaking longer experiences of up to a year overseas.

[citation needed] The Turing scheme set out to provide grants to students to help fund their international experience from September 2021.

Wales decided to opt out of the Turing system, creating their own called "Taith", which became operational in September 2022 with all eight Welsh universities receiving funding.

[11] Northern Ireland university students can utilise the Turing scheme and from September 2023 are also able to access Erasmus+ through the Irish government's offer of funding assistance.

Proposals are submitted by each institution for all their students who are seeking to receive grants towards travel and a daily subsistence for an overseas placement to gain international experience for enhanced skills.

Primary and Secondary Schools can submit a proposal to take groups of pupils overseas, seeking grants towards the travel and subsistence, with additional funds for the organisers.