Return to the Erasmus programme: that is how London will get nearer to the EU | EUROtoday

British college college students will subsequently be capable to select to spend a yr of their diploma course in a European college with out paying further tuition or charges, and vice versa: European college students will be capable to attend British universities for a yr by paying the identical charges as residents.

The Erasmus programme, which began in 1987 as an change of college college students, has had nice success: over a million Italians have participated within the final decade alone. More just lately Erasmus+, which has a price range of 26 billion euros for the interval 2021-27, was expanded to the world of labor, overlaying internships, apprenticeships and coaching programs.

Before Brexit, Britain was a magnet for European college students: for each younger Briton who went to an EU nation, a minimum of three Europeans moved to the UK. After Brexit, the variety of European college students selecting British universities dropped by greater than 50% as a result of charges greater than tripled.

The announcement was welcomed by each academics’ and college college students’ associations. This is “a huge step forward in our relationship with the EU and will offer opportunities that will change the lives of thousands of students”, stated Vivienne Stern, chief govt of Universities UK.

“Since the UK left the programme, the number of British students in Europe has collapsed, as has the number of Europeans in Britain,” stated Alex Stanley, vice-president of the National Union of Students. But now all college students will be capable to have a extra full expertise once more.”