+UPDATE+
UK govt sitting on report that it’s replacement for the Erasmus scheme - The Turing Scheme - won’t work as envisaged and will cost vastly more than estimated.
UK govt sitting on report that it’s replacement for the Erasmus scheme - The Turing Scheme - won’t work as envisaged and will cost vastly more than estimated.
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One of the problems highlighted is that as govt only intends to fund UK students this doesn’t create the synergies & goodwill of Erasmus which depends on reciprocity.
Foreign unis won’t have incentive to cooperate - merely to charge UK students/govt as much fees as they can.
One of the problems highlighted is that as govt only intends to fund UK students this doesn’t create the synergies & goodwill of Erasmus which depends on reciprocity.
Foreign unis won’t have incentive to cooperate - merely to charge UK students/govt as much fees as they can.
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Secondly, because of this bureaucratic costs with the UK scheme is likely to be far higher than Erasmus - “like a thousand ad hoc schemes” - with all the hassle & administration deadweight costs associated with such fragmented ventures.
Secondly, because of this bureaucratic costs with the UK scheme is likely to be far higher than Erasmus - “like a thousand ad hoc schemes” - with all the hassle & administration deadweight costs associated with such fragmented ventures.
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Also the £100 million scheme for 35 000 students is “widely ambitious” as this represents a cost per student of circa £2 600 a student - considering 🇺🇸 🇳🇿&🇨🇦 Unis are the most popular non EU unis among UK students in many cases this would barely cover admin & travel costs.
Also the £100 million scheme for 35 000 students is “widely ambitious” as this represents a cost per student of circa £2 600 a student - considering 🇺🇸 🇳🇿&🇨🇦 Unis are the most popular non EU unis among UK students in many cases this would barely cover admin & travel costs.
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Given these factors it’s predicted that much less than 35 000 will take up the scheme and may simply build on those unis which already have existing established partnerships anyway.
Also unlikely that poorer students at average unis c/would use scheme.
Given these factors it’s predicted that much less than 35 000 will take up the scheme and may simply build on those unis which already have existing established partnerships anyway.
Also unlikely that poorer students at average unis c/would use scheme.
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Recommendations to avoid these problems is to devote significantly more funding....and introduce Erasmus style reciprocity into the Turing system at an “overall level” with specific countries rather than as hoc highly bureaucratic program which would simply eat into budgets.
Recommendations to avoid these problems is to devote significantly more funding....and introduce Erasmus style reciprocity into the Turing system at an “overall level” with specific countries rather than as hoc highly bureaucratic program which would simply eat into budgets.
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Concerns also raised around research in that Erasmus can be seen as an “accelerator” for collaborative partnership between unis.
Because the Turing scheme is one sided this “accelerator effect” is likely to be much weaker.
Concerns also raised around research in that Erasmus can be seen as an “accelerator” for collaborative partnership between unis.
Because the Turing scheme is one sided this “accelerator effect” is likely to be much weaker.
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Given these factors it is suggested that the Turing Scheme budget will end up mostly consumed by additional ad hoc bureaucratic costs and as a modest subsidy to well-off students who would have gone to a small number of 🇺🇸& 🇦🇺Unis under existing agreements anyway.
/ends
Given these factors it is suggested that the Turing Scheme budget will end up mostly consumed by additional ad hoc bureaucratic costs and as a modest subsidy to well-off students who would have gone to a small number of 🇺🇸& 🇦🇺Unis under existing agreements anyway.
/ends
ADD+1
Thinking about this overnight & with my exp of edu industry..
...it would probably be more efficient to have 3 people in an office simply handing out £2000 cheques to the 1st 50 000 UK students who can provide confirmation a foreign Uni has booked them a 3rd year option.
Thinking about this overnight & with my exp of edu industry..
...it would probably be more efficient to have 3 people in an office simply handing out £2000 cheques to the 1st 50 000 UK students who can provide confirmation a foreign Uni has booked them a 3rd year option.
ADD +2
You’d be putting real money in more students pockets and the admin would be done by the students and unis.
The Turing scheme as of now simply can’t deliver anything remotely tangible to students if majority of expense is simply covering admin.
You’d be putting real money in more students pockets and the admin would be done by the students and unis.
The Turing scheme as of now simply can’t deliver anything remotely tangible to students if majority of expense is simply covering admin.
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