"The EU provides funding through the scheme for people to study, train or volunteer in other European countries for up to a year. The UK replaced it with its own Turing scheme in 2021, which funds similar placements worldwide. The government said it would not comment on ongoing talks. Prime Minister Keir Starmer had suggested in May that a youth mobility scheme could be part of a new deal with the EU."
"The Erasmus scheme was scrapped in the UK in December 2020, when the government announced its post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. Boris Johnson, prime minister at the time, said it was a "tough decision", but the scheme had become "extremely expensive". He said it would be replaced by the Turing scheme, which has operated since then. Both schemes are open not just to university students, but also to people doing vocational courses, as well as apprentices and people training at college or school."
UK will rejoin the Erasmus scheme five years after leaving as part of the Brexit deal with the EU. Erasmus provides EU funding for people to study, train or volunteer in other European countries for up to a year. The UK replaced Erasmus in 2021 with the domestically funded Turing scheme, which paid for 43,200 placements in 2024/25 with 305m of funding. In 2020 Erasmus funded 55,700 participants with 144m euros; the UK sent 9,900 students abroad and received 16,100. Popular destinations included Spain, France and Germany, while Glasgow, Bristol and Edinburgh sent the most students. The government declined to comment on ongoing talks.
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