Erasmus is officially back for students in the UK - and for those in Northern Ireland it could be "massively good news". The government has announced the UK will rejoin the scheme from 2027, six years after ending its participation due to leaving the European Union (EU).

The UK is set to rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ student exchange scheme, in the latest move by Sir Keir Starmer’s government to try to forge closer relations with the bloc. An agreement under which Britain would return to Erasmus in 2027 is expected to be announced on Wednesday, according to UK and EU officials briefed on the matter.

Britain will rejoin the EU’s flagship Erasmus programme for studying and training exchanges in 2027, opening the way for Dutch students to study more easily across the Channel. EU and British negotiators have agreed that Britain will become an associate country to the programme,

Britain will rejoin the EU’s Erasmus programme from 2027, signalling a reset in UK–EU relations under Keir Starmer while reviving debate over Brexit costs and benefits.

Britain is to pay £570mn in 2027 to rejoin the EU’s Erasmus+ student exchange scheme, almost double the annual amount it contributed before Brexit, as both sides promised to step up efforts to forge closer relations.

The UK is set to join the European Union’s Erasmus student exchange programme.According to the British government, the UK will make its re-entry into the Erasmus scheme for students from

In the Erasmus programme’s previous guise, fewer UK students went abroad compared with the numbers coming in. But it was still hugely popular among young people in Britain and an entire generation since it ended in 2021 have been deprived of the experience. Its return will go down well with younger voters.

Work on the UK joining the Erasmus programme was announced as part of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's post-Brexit reset deal with Brussels in May