Brexit deal: UK ‘decided not to stay in Erasmus exchange programme’, EU says
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British students will no longer be able to participate in the Erasmus exchange programme under the Brexit deal agreed by Boris Johnson.
Speaking at a press conference after the deal was agreement, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said: “The British government decided not to participate in the Erasmus exchange programme.”
Education and business leaders said in March, at the possibility of dropping out of the programme, that ceasing participation of the programme would effectively blow a hole in the education sector and deprive young people of opportunities.
The existing Erasmus scheme is thought to be worth around £243m in income a year to the UK economy, and serves around 17,000 British young people.
In 2017, 16,561 UK students participated in the scheme, while 31,727 EU nationals from other countries came to study in Britain under it.
A number of non-EU countries are members of the Erasmus scheme, including Iceland, Turkey, Norway, and Serbia.
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