MPs have backed the government in voting against a popular EU programme which for years has helped students to study in other European countries.

The number of EU students choosing to study in the UK has dropped by half since Brexit, according to new official figures.

It was once considered a rite of passage for millions of students who lived, worked, and travelled across Europe - but access to a new British scheme this year hopes to make the Erasmus programme a distant memory.

What did Johnson say about Erasmus in January? / "The hon. Gentleman is talking through the back of his neck. There is no threat to the Erasmus scheme, and we will continue to participate in it. UK students will continue to be able to enjoy the benefits of exchanges ..."

Applications from EU students who want to study in Irish universities have more than trebled since the 2016 Brexit referendum.

The replacement for the Erasmus scheme has been opened - but critics say it's much less generous than the programme available before Brexit.

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.

Dr Philippa Whitford, MP and eminent breast cancer surgeon, shares her concerns for the future of our NHS following Brexit. Recorded in front of a live audience at Arran High School Theatre on Friday 13th September 2019.

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.

The Department of Health has said that it hopes to rectify the issue by the end of the year.

1,500 students could also lose opportunity to study abroad.

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.

EU school groups are opting to travel to Ireland instead, says UK tourism association.

The institution’s Vice Chancellor says other universities are already trying to poach her academics.

At least 16 recipients of prestigious ERC grants making plans to reject UK offer and move their labs abroad.

The post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU is a "thin deal' for Wales, says the first minister.

On April 14, 2021, the Warsaw Institute, together with The Warsaw Institute Review quarterly, had the honor of hosting another online event – the Diplomacy Talks Series. The title of the discussion, moderated by the president of the Warsaw Institute, Tomasz Kijewski, was “BREXIT and its importance for Europe and the Polish diaspora in Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.

In this week's Brexit downsides, extra food labelling costing up to £250mn, a huge drop in overseas students, veterinary shortages in NI, and more.

One of the most contentious parts of the torturous post-Brexit trade negotiations between the UK and Europe was the dispute-resolution process. Now it’s being tested.

Analysis of data suggests that Brexit is responsible for the transatlantic shift.

Data on Canadian study permits suggests ‘spike’ in student numbers from some continental nations.

A Canterbury language school has called for a relaxation in bureaucracy for foreign students entering the UK.

British Council stripped of contract – despite long experience arranging student placements abroad.

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?

Scottish and Welsh governments seek answers about programme’s future from UK education secretary. / The Scottish and Welsh governments have written to the UK education secretary to raise concerns about the future of the European student exchange programme after Brexit.

When travelling to Sweden to begin my PhD studies in Stockholm I was denied entry and deported. I was told that this is because I am a non-EU citizen. This is another example of a failure of the government’s Brexit deal, which has stolen the rights of British citizens to live and work on our continent.

DiscoverEU is an initiative of the European Union giving you the opportunity to travel around Europe. By travelling mainly by rail (there are exceptions to allow those living on islands or in remote areas to take part), you will discover Europe’s stunning landscapes and its endless variety of cities and towns.

Ursula von der Leyen tells students that deal will be ‘for your generation’.

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.

Teacher Sarah Lepioufle, accompanying her college’s Edinburgh trip, said the changes introduced since Brexit — the extra paperwork involved — had made applying for courses an “obstacle course”.

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.

The loss of the scheme would be a devastating blow for the social mobility of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Ministers face calls to scrap the new requirement for EU students to pay the immigration health surcharge then claim it back again.

The number of students from EU countries enrolling on UK architecture degree courses has more than halved in the first full year since Brexit, new figures show.

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.

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.

The halving of EU students studying in the UK since Brexit has negatively impacted our university’s finances. Time to rejoin Erasmus?

Commons bid to force ministers to negotiate continued access for UK students is defeated by Tories.

We are For our Future’s Sake, a group of students and young people across the UK, working together to Stop Brexit.

Visa and health fees likely to be levied on those who started UK courses overseas due to Covid.

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.

The European Union “will never accept” a move by Theresa May to raise tuition fees for EU students after Brexit, the European Parliament’s Brexit chief has said.

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.

Scottish ministers are under fresh pressure to boost student exchange links with the EU as frustration grows over Britain’s post-Brexit Turing Scheme.

An EU committee has urged the bloc to negotiate a reciprocal free movement agreement with the UK.

The main reason for the drop is the knock-on effects of Brexit, which include significantly higher tuition fees and far more bureaucracy.

Universities UK said the Government should offer “targeted financial support” for EU students through an “expanded or newly developed EU scholarship offer”

The replacement for the Erasmus study exchange scheme will not fund tuition or travel costs, it has emerged – and the living allowance has been slashed.

Three Connexion readers' experiences of the changes caused by the UK’s ‘third country’ status since Brexit on January 1.

Universities have warned ministers of the risks to research, staff and students if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal. Higher education bosses said a “no-deal” Brexit would “compromise” vital studies into cancer treatments and climate change.

How could you be affected if the UK does leave the EU without an agreement?

EU undergraduates are no longer eligible for home fee status, with most now paying the same rates as other international students.

Data shows that the amount of students from the EU joining an undergraduate or postgraduate course plummeted from 66,680 in 2020 to 31,000 in 2021.

The number of students from European Union countries in Aberdeen fell by 40 per cent after the UK left the bloc three years ago.

Universities UK says 80% of members very concerned, with some considering stockpiling.

The SNP’s leader at Westminster said the Government will cut EU student visas to three years and that this would have a negative effect on people studying in Scotland as Scottish university courses often run for four years.

It comes after Boris Johnson’s government decided to end UK participation in the EU’s Erasmus+ programme.

The UK will no longer participate in the European Union scheme but will now create the Turing scheme in its place.

Students say the Turing Scheme is plagued with problems and leaves them facing uncertainty even after they begin study.

The number of EU students enrolling has dropped by more than half. / Earlier this month, Rishi Sunak laid out his half-baked plan to keep Britain’s youth studying Maths. For Europe’s scholars, however, seeking an education in the UK is a prospect that financially no longer adds up. Applying to university in the UK has lost its shine.

Education and business leaders point to lost income for country and opportunities for students

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

Support for Labour among students has fallen by 10 percentage points in the last year.

More than 100 elected student union representatives from across the country have written to Damian Hinds demanding he abandon any plan to charge EU students more after Brexit.

British government estimates that nation's universities will lose nearly two-thirds of their students from the European Union.

Increases in university fees of almost 60 per cent are be considered by the Department for the 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.

Just in case you don't fancy the 1,200+ page document on Boxing Day.

The loss of access for UK university students to the Erasmus+ scheme – a Europe-wide exchange programme that offers students the opportunity and funding to study or work abroad for up to a year – was a widely mourned consequence of Brexit.

As much as I consider the UK to be my adoptive home, I will move back to Europe for my upcoming PhD research project.

Plans to raise fees for EU students, remove vital financial support and make it far harder for us to apply to study would shut off our world class education sector from the world.

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.

Universities say they have received inadequate guidance on red tape and costs for academic years abroad

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.

A major new analysis piece from UUKi and Studyportals urges the UK Government and universities to prioritise European student recruitment, and makes recommendations for stabilising and regrowing student numbers in opportunity markets.

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.

In a strongly-worded joint statement, the two nations said the planned Turing Scheme was a ‘lesser imitation of the real thing’.

The United Kingdom’s alternative to EU Horizon Europe funding is near-silent on maintaining the collaborations needed to meet crucial global goals on climate and sustainability.

British officials preparing ‘domestic’ alternative to EU programme as Barnier accuses UK of ‘cherry-picking’.

Those figures are in sharp contrast to the rapid decline in EU students studying in the UK since the implementation of the United Kingdom Brexit withdrawal agreement signed with the EU by the Boris Johnson Conservative government.

The 2021/22 academic year saw a 53% fall in the number of first-year EU students enrolling at British universities.

UK universities could lose £62.5 million per year in tuition fees following the UK leaving the European Union (EU), the analysis “EU exit: estimating the impact on UK higher education” commissioned by the British government prepared for the UK Department of Education by London Economics, has pointed out.

International students thought to be worth £25.9bn a year to UK economy.

Glasgow University’s principal, Anton Muscatelli, says fears about the UK’s place in the research community post-Brexit are already affecting recruitment.

“I am really uncertain about what will happen,” said one language student who is unsure whether her year abroad will go ahead.

Some institutions faced insolvency last year, the report from the Scottish Affairs Committee adds.

The number of European Union (EU) students signing up for Scottish higher education courses is continuing to fall following Brexit, it has been warned.

Newly-released UCAS statistics show that the number of EU citizens applying to study in the UK has dropped by 40% since Brexit.

The number of pupils admitted to Oxford University from EU countries has halved in the past five years, according to the University’s annual admissions report, which also indicated that the decline was expected as a result of Brexit.

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.

Wales is to launch a new international learning exchange programme following the UK government’s decision to withdraw from Erasmus after Brexit.

Little could be meaner than sacrificing our young people to promote a malicious form of British nationalism. But is that what’s happened?

Third level students from Northern Ireland colleges will continue to be able to study in Europe under the Erasmus+ scheme after the UK leaves the EU because the Irish Government will fund them.

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.

With no UK funding guarantees, English language learners are heading to Ireland – while their British counterparts are left in limbo.

Brexit supporters thought that the EU was obsessed with this country, part of our sense of exceptionalism. Not so, as Kate Moore discovers. / Travelling across Europe provides the opportunity to quiz Germans, Swedes, French, Spanish and UK nationals living or travelling abroad about their attitude to the UK and its departure from the EU.