Yay - UK has agreed a deal with the EU to rejoin Erasmus+

That's good news. Our brightest university students need that opportunity which the Buffoon thought was not value for money. Re-establishing better links with our most important and reliable trading partner is essential. Of course if Reform get in all that will go down the drain given their fantasyland economics.

Nice to have some good news.
Mind and experience -broadening opportunities for young people.
What's not to like.
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(It means that students who don't have well off parents have opportunities they would otherwise not have had)

'What is the Erasmus scheme?

"The Erasmus scheme enables students to study, train or volunteer in other European countries for up to a year, without paying any extra fees.

It is also open to those in vocational training, apprentices or people who are retraining through a college or school.
Students usually pay fees to their home institutions, with additional costs covered by the European Union, funded by taxpayers' money.

Almost 1.5 million people and 85,600 organisations took part in the Erasmus scheme in 2024"

It also funds collaboration at a higher level, for example DS was collaborating with bio-chemists as one of the mathematicians developing new drugs. It has the potential to therefore to bring us into European Research and Development groups, with spin offs in the longer term into industry.

*It's the informal connections as much as the formal ones that matter. the power of young students connecting with each other means lifelong friendships and collaboration in number of fields.

Can someone please explain to me how Erasmus works and what the benefits will be to the UK as a whole? Before someone jumps down my throat, I've never been to university and am curious about the scheme and the benefits it will bring.

Our granddaughter was due to spend a year abroad as part of her university course. Then COVID struck. It was such a shame.

It is great news. I am so pleased young people in the UK will be able to be part of the life experiences that Erasmus can bring again.

Excellent news, my DSs didn’t take part, but several of their friends did and certainly benefited from the scheme.

Mind you Putin will pull out all of the stops to prevent, is as will Trump.

Good news.

Now let’s turn our attention to closer working. We will be fit economically and in security.