The Benefits of Studying and Working Abroad with the Turing Scheme

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The Turing Scheme enables UK participants to benefit from life-changing experiences abroad, helping students and learners to develop both personally and academically. Like Eramus+, people benefit from global study or work placements, such as language learning to boosting employability.

Making the decision to go abroad to study at another university, college, or school, or carry out a work placement puts you on a different path. The first steps of your journey are important and require organisation. You will need to start planning, perhaps completing application forms or making placement enquiries, researching your host country and courses, arranging finances and making travel arrangements.

According to UK Government, as less of 10% of the UK student population study abroad, you will have already set yourself apart from the crowd, showing initiative and ambition.

Studying or working on a placement abroad and gaining vital international experience will help you to continue to develop many more soft and transferable skills such as communication, curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. You will pick up knowledge of other countries and cultures and become more confident, open-minded and self-aware.

These skills can be applied to a wide range of different jobs, activities and industries and are highly sought after by future employers and freelancers. While you are busy broadening your horizons, you will acquire some great life-skills for the future, thanks to The Turing Scheme’s opportunities.

Whether you are studying languages or not, spending time abroad in a country will help you to develop or improve your language skills.

Researchers have long highlighted the many benefits of speaking more than one language, from the obvious practical benefits of helping you to communicate with people from around the world, to improving cognitive skills, memory and creativity. Learning to communicate across cultural and language divides makes you resilient, confident and adaptable.

The Turing Scheme mobility will probably be one of the best times of your life, where you’ll grow as a person, enjoy many experiences that you’ll remember for the rest of your life and gain an international network of friends. Not only will it provide you with some fantastic memories and useful life-skills, but it will also be a great addition to your CV, helping you to stand out in the global job market therefore boosting your employability.

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