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UK will rejoin Erasmus student scheme in 2027

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The UK will rejoin the Erasmus study scheme from 2027, six years after announcing it would end its participation as part of a deal to leave the European Union (EU). Britons will be able to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their UK degree courses without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students. Under the new deal, the UK will pay £570m to join an expanded Erasmus + scheme in 2027, which the government said represented a 30% discount. Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the agreement proved the government's "new partnership with the EU is working", but Conservative shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said the deal was a "betrayal" of Brexit. Patel said Labour were "obsessed" with "dragging Britain back under the control of Brussels" and undermining the 2016 referendum result. In a post on social media, she claimed the move would "throw away billions of pounds of hard-pressed taxpayers' money". But Thomas-Symonds, the EU relations minister, said: "T

UK will rejoin Erasmus student scheme in 2027 17 December 2025 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Nathan Standley , Education reporter and Sam Francis , Political reporter Getty Images The UK will rejoin the Erasmus study scheme from 2027, six years after announcing it would end its participation as part of a deal to leave the European Union (EU). Britons will be able to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their UK degree courses without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students. Under the new deal, the UK will pay £570m to join an expanded Erasmus + sche

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