This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In 2025, EU’s Erasmus+ programme will support learning exchanges abroad and cooperation partnerships in education, training, youth and sport with around €5 billion. Representing a 6.5% increase in funding compared to last year, the Commission published the Erasmus+ 2025 call for proposals today. With […]Nearly €5 billion under Erasmus+ to support learning abroad and cooperation in education, training, youth and sport in 2025
November 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In 2025, EU’s Erasmus+ programme will support learning exchanges abroad and cooperation partnerships in education, training, youth and sport with around €5 billion. Representing a 6.5% increase in funding compared to last year, the Commission published the Erasmus+ 2025 call for proposals today. With […]Erasmus+: 44 European Universities to cooperate across borders and disciplines
July 27, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has announced the results of the 2022 call for the European Universities initiative: with a record budget of €272 million from Erasmus+, 16 existing European Universities will continue to receive support, and four new alliances will be able to start their […]MEPs approve new, more inclusive Erasmus+ programme
May 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Tuesday, MEPs adopted ERASMUS+, the 2021-2027 edition of the EU’s flagship programme for education, training, youth and sports. The programme, which has demonstrated that it plays a significant role in fostering European identity, will have almost double the funding in 2021-2027 (over 28 […]Skills: Five new cross-border collaboration projects selected for Erasmus+ funding to develop excellence in vocational training in Europe
July 31, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has proposed today Erasmus+ funding for five new Platforms of Centres of Vocational Excellence, to meet the needs of an innovative, inclusive and sustainable economy. Funded through Erasmus+ for a maximum budget of €4 million each, the platforms will be active in […]Erasmus+ and its predecessors: a life-changing experience for 10 million young Europeans
January 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The 2018 annual report on Erasmus+, published today, shows that over the last three decades, more than 10 million people have participated in what turned out to be a life-changing experience for many of them. Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis […]MEPs boost support for EU research and Erasmus
September 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Wednesday, MEPs approved a €100 million top-up for the EU’s research programmes (€80 million for Horizon 2020) and youth mobility (€20 million for Erasmus+). MEPs approved, by 614 votes in favour, 69 against and 10 abstentions, a €100 million boost to the EU’s […]Erasmus+: a turning point in the lives of 5 million European students
May 20, 2019 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. New evidence shows that Erasmus+ makes students more successful in their personal and professional lives and helps universities to become more innovative, according to two new independent studies released today by the European Commission. The large-scale studies based on the feedback from nearly 77 […]Erasmus+ 2021-2027: more people to experience learning exchanges in Europe
March 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs confirmed on Thursday that funds for the next Erasmus+ programme should be tripled to allow more people to take part, better adapting grants to their needs. For the next generation of the Erasmus+ programme, one of Parliament’s main objectives is that more young […]New Erasmus: more opportunities for disadvantaged youth
February 21, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Erasmus+ should triple its funds, allow more people to take part and adapt its grants to the needs of the participants. The Culture and Education Committee approved on Wednesday the next generation Erasmus+ programme, proposing a detailed set of measures to lift all economic, […]Erasmus+ will finance existing UK-EU mobility in the event of no-deal Brexit
February 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The Culture Committee will support continued funding to all current Erasmus+ learning mobility activities, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The European Parliament’s Culture Committee discussed with the EU Commission the proposed new contingency measures for the Erasmus+ programme, should the UK leave […]Brexit Preparedness: European Commission adopts final set of “no-deal” contingency measures for Erasmus+ students, social security coordination rules and the EU budget
January 31, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Given the increasing risk that the United Kingdom may leave the EU on 30 March this year without a deal (a “no-deal” scenario), the European Commission has today adopted a final set of contingency proposals in the area of the Erasmus+ programme, social security […]Erasmus+: an expected budget of €3 billion to be invested in young Europeans and to help create European Universities in 2019
October 25, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. For 2019, funds available for Erasmus+ are expected to increase by €300 million or 10% compared to 2018. Today, the Commission published its 2019 call for proposals for the Erasmus+ programme. From an expected budget of €3 billion for next year, €30 million has been […]Higher education becoming again a privilege of the wealthy?
December 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Over the past few years higher education tuition fees have skyrocketed all over the European Union. Last year thousands of British university students took it to the streets of London and the other major cities protesting against the planned increases of tuition fees. Incidentally, this really huge protest movement gave Scotland Yard the opportunity to […]
