Ambassador Llewellyn says return of UK to the Erasmus will strengthen ties between Britain and Italy.
The British ambassador to Italy on Thursday welcomed the “glorious” information that the UK will rejoin the European Union’s Erasmus pupil change scheme in 2027.
Ambassador Ed Llewellyn mentioned the return of the UK to Erasmus will open the door to Italian college students to review within the UK in addition to offering the chance for British college students to review in Italy.
“This programme will strengthen the ties between our younger individuals, our residents, and the friendship between our nations”, Llewellyn mentioned in Italian in a submit on X, hailing the information as a “Christmas current”.
The youth change programme permits college students to attend a overseas college in one other European nation for as much as one yr as a part of their diploma programs with out paying further charges.
The extensively welcomed transfer, which is able to take impact from 1 January 2027, comes after the UK ended its participation within the EU-wide scheme in 2020 after Brexit.
The British authorities on Wednesday mentioned that rejoining the scheme was a “big win” for younger Britons, and can be sure that “everybody, from each background, has the chance to review and prepare overseas.”
The groundwork for Britain’s return to Erasmus was laid throughout a summit between British and EU leaders in May, by which either side agreed to “deepen our people-to-people ties, significantly for the youthful era.”
Launched in 1987, Erasmus is now thought of an important academic neighborhood expertise on the planet and has despatched tens of millions of younger individuals overseas to review all through Europe.
Sofia Corradi, the Italian educational who based the programme and was often called “Mamma Erasmus”, died in Rome two months in the past aged 91.
