US EditionUK to rejoin EU Erasmus student exchange scheme from 2027
The UK will rejoin Erasmus+ in 2027, allowing students and staff to study or train abroad with a 30% fee discount offered by the EU in the first year, officials said.
- On Wednesday ministers will announce the UK government is rejoining the Erasmus student exchange programme from 2027, allowing British universities to associate and students to study abroad while retaining fees and grants.
- Sir Keir Starmer's reset with the EU prompted the first tangible outcome after last week’s talks between Nick Thomas-Symonds and Maros Sefcovic, with crunch talks on Monday and a senior government source calling it good news for students.
- Negotiators focused on fee terms, noting the UK government pressed for a GDP-based discount while the EU offered a 30 per cent first-year reduction, with costs previously exceeding £200 million.
- Opening the scheme to further education colleges will expand participation beyond universities, while Vivienne Stern, Jamie Arrowsmith and the European Commission praised its benefits.
- The European Commission extended the ECHE deadline to March, and crunch talks on Monday may lead to formal sign-off next week, with a government spokesman declining to comment on ongoing talks.
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Britain is set to open its doors to tens of thousands of young Europeans as the Government prepares to sign a deal to return to an EU scheme. On Wednesday, No10 is expected to announce a deal has been struck to rejoin the Brussels-backed Erasmus student exchange scheme, which saw an estimated 250,000 EU students come to Britain between 2010 and 2020.The deal will see the UK return to the Erasmus Plus programme in 2027.The move comes just weeks a…
The UK is about to return to the European Erasmus university exchange programme, which it left almost five years ago in the wake of Brexit, reported the British media (The Times, The Guardian and the BBC) on Tuesday. London could make this announcement of a return to Erasmus as soon as Wednesday, as part of the new start ("reset") with the European Union regularly mentioned by Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in order to evacuate the grudges …
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The United Kingdom left Erasmus, in which it had participated since 1987, when it left the EU in early 2021.
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UK ‘set to rejoin EU’s Erasmus scheme’ as part of Starmer’s Brexit reset
Ministers could announce the return to Erasmus as soon as Wednesday, according to reports
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