Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of Turing Scheme opportunities are (a) study, (b) work and (c) volunteer placements; and what proportion are (i) termly and (ii) yearly placements.

The second year of the Turing Scheme has provided funding for placements in the 2022/23 academic year. Mobility data will be available after the end of the second year of the programme. This includes the proportion of mobilities that are study or work placements, as well as the duration of placements. The department intends to publish this data as soon as possible, following receipt of final reports from participating organisations in the Turing Scheme and requisite analysis and quality assurance of the data.

Currently published information on the placements funded in the last two years by the Turing Scheme is available at: https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/.

The Turing Scheme aims to have a positive impact on the outcomes of its participants. One of the scheme’s objectives is developing key skills, so that participants develop the skills sought by employers. Applications are assessed on how well they will deliver on this objective.

The department will shortly publish an independent evaluation of the Turing Scheme from its first year of operation, the 2021/22 academic year. This includes an assessment on the short-term benefits students experience in their studies in the coming months. Previous studies show that graduates who have studied or worked abroad are more likely to obtain a first-class honours or an upper second-class degree, have a job six months after graduating, and have higher earnings than their non-mobile peers. Information about this is available at: https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/UUKi%20reports/Gone-Intl-2019.pdf.