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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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UK to rejoin EU's student exchange program in a step toward closer ties after Brexit

Brexit Students - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Britain will rejoin the European Union’s flagship Erasmus student-exchange program, it was announced Wednesday, in a major step for efforts to reset the U.K.'s post-Brexit relations with the 27-nation bloc.

British university and college students and apprentices will be able to study or train in EU countries under the program without paying extra foreign-student fees from January 2027. In turn, students from EU countries will be able to study in Britain.

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