Meanwhile, Erasmus has hosted European students and internationalised our own academic institutions so as to open young people’s minds, broaden horizons”. There are 120,000 students from EU countries at UK universities, of which 27,401 are through Erasmus with their fees paid by the EU. “Over 100 European students have withdrawn their applications to us at this point, 50 by the end of Friday on Brexit day. But after Brexit, says the scheme’s UK director, Ruth Sinclair-Jones, “we face a sad moment of uncertainty, after 30 years of this enrichment of so many lives”. The potential end of British participation in the scheme would be “a devastating tragedy” according to those who founded and administer it.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2016 19:25 UTC