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We didn’t know the facts about the EU before voting to leave. We need to learn before considering to re-join.
How has the recruitment of UK-based teachers by international schools in Europe been affected by Brexit?
There is widespread recognition for the impressive reputation and record of the EU’s Erasmus Plus programme as a tried and trusted system of international educational collaboration. But a growing number of voices are being raised, within the UK and externally, asking probing questions about the architecture and limited ambitions of the UK government’s intended replacement, the Turing scheme.
Most people have heard of Erasmus+, but very few know why Britain decided not to participate in it after leaving the EU.
So, has Brexit negated the positive progress in language teaching over the last 50 years?
There is growing momentum behind the campaign to reverse the UK government’s decision to exit the European Union’s Erasmus programme, the largest international education programme in the world.
Glasgow University’s principal, Anton Muscatelli, says fears about the UK’s place in the research community post-Brexit are already affecting recruitment.