- Last updated 17/08/2022
It's great that you would like to go abroad. Turing is a type of funding and not an exchange programme. It will fund certain activities including work, study and volunteering that the University organises and advertises.
Presently we are asking students not speculatively request funding from the International Office or colleagues. Durham University will:
The Turing Scheme will only fund officially sanctioned Durham University activities that meet specific requirements. The University has to pre-register these activities with the Turing funding body. These activities will be advertised through the University's communication channels (such as emails, through Departments etc). Activities not officially sanctioned or supported by Durham University (such as private activities e.g. taking a language course during your summer holidays) will not be eligible for Turing funding.
No, not necessarily. Universities are not given a single pot of funding to support students at their own discretion. In awarding funding, the government stipulates which universities can fund which activities and where. Consequently:
No. The DfE, Government, Turing Scheme etc funds education establishments and not individuals.
No, as above. The DfE, Government, Turing Scheme etc funds education establishments and not individuals.
The University has already contacted eligible students on planned full year placements for 2022/23. We will openly advertise any additional shorter placements openly.
In order to receive funding for these eligible activities students will be required to submit certain documentation within strict timeframes (set by Turing rules). Failure by students to submit documents in time will mean that they will not receive funding. This documentation is provided by Durham and entails: arrival and departure certification (to provide an audit trail to demonstrate the activity has taken place); learning agreements and a Grant Agreements. These are submitted via a portal that the International Office gives to students that are eligible.
Funding is not unlimited and there will not be sufficient funding to guarantee that every student undertaking an international activity abroad will receive Turing funding. Within the Turing [funding] Scheme, priority is given to Widening Participation students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Not from Durham University. Turing rules do not permit double funding by us.
The Turing Scheme is named after pioneering UK war hero and father of modern computing Alan Turing, who studied abroad at Princeton University before going on crack the Enigma code in World War Two. Full information on the Turing Scheme can be found at: www.turing-scheme.org.uk.
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