Britain is rejoining the Erasmus student exchange scheme, as part of the British government's push for closer relations with the European Union. The popular programme allowed Britons to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their degree, without paying extra fees, and vice versa for their European counterparts.
It ended for British students after Brexit on 1 January 2021 and was replaced by the Turing scheme. But the British government has announced that the UK will participate in the scheme in the 2027/28 academic year, during which over 100,000 Britons could study or train in Europe.
The UK will pay approximately £570m to join the scheme for that year, after which future participation will have to be negotiated as part of the EU’s long-term budget, which is set from 2028.