The Erasmus Programme was initiated by the European Commission 25 years ago, in a time that the commission didn't even have a mandate on education. The community only had 11 members and the Iron ...

Opinion: as European Commissioner, the late Peter Sutherland played an important part in establishing the Erasmus higher education exchange programme The European Union’s Erasmus+ programme has been ...

The EU’s top education official, Androulla Vassiliou, has called for a revamped Erasmus student exchange programme to place more emphasis on youth employability in the coming years, as the European ...

Mobility programmes have become more popular so much so that in October the 30 countries participating in the Socrates Programme will be celebrating the millionth Erasmus participant. Erasmus is the ...

The Erasmus Programme is a European Union student exchange programme established in 1987. For the past three decades, it has offered students from across the world studying in European and British ...

To most people, Erasmus still means students travelling abroad for a period of study at a foreign university. That continues to be a part of the new Erasmus+ programme, even if the label now applies ...

At least three million people know from personal experience what Erasmus is – an opportunity to study abroad with the financial support of the EU. It is widely considered to be one of the EU’s success ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A year studying in Europe was the making of me, but this opportunity may now be lost for future generations The end of the decade prompted, for me, a brief reactivation of Facebook in order to remind ...

Funding for NI students on the Erasmus scheme will not be limited to those with an Irish passport after Brexit. Erasmus is an EU programme that helps students study in other countries. Prime Minister ...

Holyrood ministers are exploring options to keep Scotland involved in the EU's Erasmus programme. The scheme, which offers opportunities to study abroad, is ending in the UK because of Brexit, with a ...