Universities UK ‘holding back’ on requests to restart Erasmus programme, but hopeful amid talks on youth mobility
British universities are urging the government to find a way to restart the flow of EU students to Britain after Brexit, including a possible return to the Erasmus student exchange programme.
But as Keir Starmer prepares for his first bilateral meeting with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday, British universities say they are determined not to provoke a return to the “toxic” Brexit row over migration and are adopting a “watch and wait” approach.