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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bryony Gooch and Millie Cooke

UK to rejoin EU student exchange scheme in 2027 as part of Starmer’s Brexit reset

Britain is set to rejoin the Erasmus student exchange scheme, six years after ditching the programme as part of the deal to leave the European Union.

Announcing plans to rejoin the scheme in 2027, EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said it was a “huge win for our young people” with the government estimating that as many as 100,000 people in the UK could benefit from the scheme in the first year.

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