UK students have been benefitting from #Erasmus pan-EU education exchange for 35 years. 200,000 people are now taking part. They'll suddenly lose access in 6 days.
@BorisJohnson insisted that UK students wouldn't lose this education after #Brexit. Now he says it's too expensive.
@BorisJohnson insisted that UK students wouldn't lose this education after #Brexit. Now he says it's too expensive.
https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1342443447924486146
Two important points on #Erasmus:
👩🎓It largely benefitted students from middle-class families who otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford to study abroad.
Without it, study abroad will again be only available to the rich, like where I come from in the US.
👩🎓It largely benefitted students from middle-class families who otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford to study abroad.
Without it, study abroad will again be only available to the rich, like where I come from in the US.
🇺🇸 Johnson intends to replace #Erasmus with a "#Turing Programme" that will send students all over the world. I expect that will be mostly to the US.
Due to the difference in tuition fees, money that could send 100 students to Europe can probably only send 5 students to America.
Due to the difference in tuition fees, money that could send 100 students to Europe can probably only send 5 students to America.
(btw I meant middle class as Americans use the term, meaning middle of economic spectrum or “working class”. Why Brits say “middle class” when they actually mean upper class I’ll never know!)
Before 1986 it was very rare for someone from a working class family to study abroad.
Before 1986 it was very rare for someone from a working class family to study abroad.
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