US EditionUK to rejoin EU Erasmus student exchange scheme from 2027
The UK will pay about £570 million for 2027/28 and allow students to study or train in Europe for 2-12 months, restoring access lost after Brexit.
- 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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The United Kingdom has abandoned Erasmus+ in the wake of Brexit. Now, the government of Keir Starmer intends to return to the programme, in an attempt to strengthen relations between the United Kingdom and the EU.
British students will be able to participate in the European exchange program Erasmus+ again in 2027. The United Kingdom and the European Union announced this today. The agreement is valid for one academic year. For the first time since Brexit, British students will be able to study at a European educational institution without any additional costs. European students will also be able to study affordably at British universities through the progr…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has decided to start redefining the relationship between the UK and the European Union where he finds the least resistance: the Erasmus programme. Six years after Brexit suddenly closed one of the most symbolic avenues of European integration, British students will return, from 2027, to the popular exchange programme. The decision obliges London to pay the 650 million euro block, but it has not had much opposition, ev…
The UK will rejoin the European Union's Erasmus student exchange programme, which it withdrew from after Brexit. The former British government under Boris Johnson argued that the programme did not offer good value for money. From 2027, UK students will once again be able to study for a year at European universities without paying additional tuition fees, while British universities will accept students from EU countries on the same terms.
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