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The UK will rejoin the Erasmus scheme for students from 2027, the government confirms, six years after ending its participation as part of Brexit
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Students in the UK will be able to spend a year in Europe as part of their degree courses without paying extra fees, and vice versa for Europeans
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The UK will pay £570m in the 2027/28 academic year, which the government says is 30% less than the default price for non-EU states
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A door has reopened – but at a significant cost, writes our education editor Branwen Jeffreys
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The UK replaced the Erasmus scheme with its own Turing scheme in 2021, which has a more global reach – its future is now uncertain
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Both schemes are open not just to university students, but also to people on vocational courses, as well as apprentices
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The above were published first on the BBC News website on December 17th 2025.