A student's plea to Brexit negotiators: keep the Erasmus scheme

By Jessie Williams. Erasmus grants give students the chance to work or study in Europe for a year. It would be a tragedy if it were scrapped.
There is one potential consequence of Brexit that hasn’t been widely discussed but would affect over 15,000 UK students: the Erasmus scheme. It’s a brilliant funding programme that offers students a grant to work or study in Europe for a year as part of their degree. According to Erasmus statistics, the number of UK students on the scheme increased by 115% between 2007 and 2014.
But now it is under threat. Nobody yet knows if the scheme will be kept in the UK after we leave the EU. So this is a plea to Brexit negotiators: keep Erasmus. It is vital. It is worthwhile. And it would be a tragedy if it is lost. More...