The UK government will go “further than ever” to promote international collaboration, the country’s education minister has said, as the UK prepares to rejoin Erasmus+.
Speaking at the Education World Forum in London on 18 May, Bridget Phillipson said she was “delighted” that the UK would be rejoining the EU’s flagship exchange programme, having previously left as part of Brexit.
“We must foster links at every level,” Phillipson told the conference. “For learners, it means more chances to study, work and volunteer abroad. For teachers, it means more chances to learn from international colleagues.
“And for schools, colleges and universities, it means more opportunities to collaborate across borders, putting people front and centre of our relationship with the EU.”
She added that more than 100,000 people could benefit from the initiative in 2027, the only year to which the UK has so far associated. Phillipson said each of these would be “a new bond between our nations”.
