00:00The European Union and United Kingdom have finalized a deal to reintegrate British students into the Erasmus Plus scheme in 2027.
00:11It takes place seven years after the UK formally left the EU, including all its institutions and bodies.
00:18The British government had been under considerable pressure from student bodies, including universities, to rejoin Erasmus Plus.
00:26Yet a history of proportionately lower take-up by British students studying in the EU made the British government reluctant.
00:34More than 100,000 people from the UK are likely to benefit from the programme in 2027, according to the British government.
00:41The deal is being held in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations,
00:46but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the Safe Defence Fund has critics complaining about a piecemeal approach to Europe.
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