Liverpool for Europe: Why we should absolutely continue shouting about Erasmus+! Brexit World in a Grain of Sand

With the decision of the UK government to withdraw from the Erasmus+ Programme and to replace it with the Turing Scheme, some of us are aghast at this act of meanness and what it will signify for the future of students and young people in the UK as they seek to develop their personal and professional opportunities within a range of institutions and learning contexts here and in the EU. This abrogation of responsibility on the part of the UK government has to be challenged.

As the Northern Irish, Welsh and potentially Scottish governments are successful in maintaining the Erasmus programme, will England stand alone in its isolation?

Shadow Minister for Digital, Culture, Media, Sport, Alison McGovern, will lead a panel of experts within the field of international education as we consider the real impact of the loss of Erasmus+ and discuss how we can make a difference to the inevitable negative outcome.  ‘The ‘plus’ and setting the record straight about Erasmus and Turing’.

Andrew Hadley, Direcetor, Centre for International Learning and Leadership

Juliet Lodge, Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds, founding Director for Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence, Co-convenor, Women for Europe. ‘Global Britain or the end of the road?’

Caitlin Morgan, final year French single honours student at the University of Liverpool who spent her year abroad in Tours as an English Language Assistant.

Oliver Firth, final year French and History student at the University of Liverpool who spent his Erasmus year at l’Université de Lyon 3 Jean Moulin