Students
from Edinburgh Napier will be able to study across the world after the
University was awarded a significant level of funding from the new Turing
Scheme.
The funding, which was announced this week, is part of almost £100m that was
distributed to education providers following the inaugural call for bids. It
will enable and increase global mobility activity in the 2021/22 academic year,
supporting students in accessing a range of international opportunities,
regardless of their background.
The Turing Scheme is
the UK Government’s programme to provide funding for international
opportunities in education and training across the world. It supports Global
Britain by providing an opportunity for UK organisations from the higher
education, further education, vocational education and training and schools
sectors to offer students, learners and pupils life-changing experiences to
study or work abroad.
As part of the new global scheme, Canada, Japan and the USA are among more than
150 international destinations where UK participants will be funded to take up
placements – with 48% of places going to those from disadvantaged
backgrounds.
The Turing Scheme gives participants the opportunity to benefit from working
and studying abroad, while boosting the UK education sector’s ties with
international partners in the process. It also aims to improve social mobility
across the UK by targeting areas which had seen lower uptake up of other
mobility programmes.
Edinburgh Napier University Principal and Vice Chancellor Andrea Nolan said,
“We are delighted to have been successful in our bid to the Turing Scheme. We
have a long history of both widening participation and global mobility at
Edinburgh Napier and it will be fantastic to be able to provide yet more
opportunities for students from all backgrounds to experience some time abroad
as part of this exciting new scheme.”
More information on how students can apply to the scheme will be announced in
due course.