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UK nationals are struggling to adjust to new rules that follow Brexit – the act that marked the UK’s official exit from the European Union.
Data on Canadian study permits suggests ‘spike’ in student numbers from some continental nations.
‘An outward-looking nation’: Wales unveils Brexit-busting international exchange programme to replace Erasmus+
02/02/2022
Wales’ Education Minister has unveiled a new international exchange programme for Wales, to replace the Erasmus+ programme which the UK Government decided to leave after Brexit.
The number of European Union (EU) students signing up for Scottish higher education courses is continuing to fall following Brexit, it has been warned.
The Department of Health has said that it hopes to rectify the issue by the end of the year.
Brexit 'anomaly' is stopping medical students in Northern Ireland from doing internships in Ireland
21/01/2022
MEDICAL STUDENTS IN universities in Northern Ireland and Great Britain cannot apply for internships in Irish hospitals due to Brexit – an anomaly that the Department of Health is hoping to fix by the end of the year.
Students risk becoming Brexit's 'collateral damage' as tuition fee hikes and reduction in university places are considered on back of Brussels funding cut
14/01/2022
Increases in university fees of almost 60 per cent are be considered by the Department for the Economy.
A British student is spending the festive season in Spain rather than with family – because Spanish red tape combined with Brexit means she cannot leave the country while her visa is processed.
Over the past year, Agnese Romiti from the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde and Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes from the University of California-Merced have been working on a project examining the effect of the Brexit referendum held in 2016 on university applications from EU students.
British Council stripped of contract – despite long experience arranging student placements abroad.
For 2021, national tourist board Visit Britain has forecast that visitor numbers will be lower even than in 2020, when travel restrictions were at their highest.
EU undergraduates are no longer eligible for home fee status, with most now paying the same rates as other international students.
Post-Brexit collapse in EU student recruitment could threaten courses at world-famous institutions
14/10/2021
It comes after Boris Johnson’s government decided to end UK participation in the EU’s Erasmus+ programme.
Scottish ministers are under fresh pressure to boost student exchange links with the EU as frustration grows over Britain’s post-Brexit Turing Scheme.
This is the real cost of Brexit - SNP
28/09/2021
People, businesses and communities are now paying a heavy price for a hard Brexit we never voted for, imposed by a Tory government we never voted for. / Here’s a rolling list of the impacts of Brexit.
Brexit has doubled the cost of studying in the UK for Europeans, which means many more students are heading to Dutch universities, which offer multiple programs in English. That's caused hundreds to arrive at universities in the Netherlands this month without promised housing.
UK warned not to take appeal for international students ‘for granted’ amid drop in EU student numbers
09/09/2021
International students thought to be worth £25.9bn a year to UK economy.
As part of the government’s Brexit deal, the UK withdrew from the EU’s historic Erasmus programme, which enables students all around the EU to participate in university exchanges, offering young people the chance to broaden their horizons by exploring other European cultures, meeting new people, and learning languages.
The main reason for the drop is the knock-on effects of Brexit, which include significantly higher tuition fees and far more bureaucracy.
British students have been forced to consider abandoning their places at Spanish universities due to ongoing delays in securing visas, required as a result of Brexit.
Brexit "a major factor" as EU applications for UK design courses fall by more than 50 per cent
14/07/2021
The number of European Union students applying to study art and design in the UK has fallen by more than half compared to last year.
In July 2019, Mr Farmer’s college had 600 students and employed 100 staff. Now there are just 30 students, with seven members of staff.
European Union students starting a degree in the UK this year will be expected to pay high fees, and as a direct result applications from the EU have fallen by 40 per cent. What does this mean for the exchange of students between the UK and emerging Europe?
Some institutions faced insolvency last year, the report from the Scottish Affairs Committee adds.
The shock announcement at the end of 2020 that the UK will be leaving the Erasmus+ Programme sparked disbelief and disappointment on both sides of the Channel.