Extract from oral answer (Lords) on Education: Turing Scheme - Jan 5
Wednesday, 6 January 2021 08:37
Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con) [V]: My Lords, while I welcome
anything that at least partially replicates the Erasmus and
Erasmus+ schemes, which have been very successful, the absence of
two-way exchanges with Europe is to be regretted. I ask my noble
friend how we intend to replace the elements of Erasmus which gave
support not only to educational exchanges with Europe but to wider
activities, with training, youth and volunteer activities, and the
necessary administrative staff? Lord...Request free trial
(Con) [V]: My Lords, while I welcome
anything that at least partially replicates the Erasmus and
Erasmus+ schemes, which have been very successful, the absence of
two-way exchanges with Europe is to be regretted. I ask my noble
friend how we intend to replace the elements of Erasmus which gave
support not only to educational exchanges with Europe but to wider
activities, with training, youth and volunteer activities, and the
necessary administrative staff?
(Con): My noble friend is right to
point out the inbound element, and the UK remains an attractive
destination for international students, with nearly half a million
studying at our world-class universities. On some of the other
elements of Erasmus+, sport, for instance, represented a very small
part of the programme, representing only 1.8% of the overall
budget, but, through our own government schemes such as through
Sport England we have been investing
more than £1.2 billion between 2016 and this year on grass-roots
sport and physical activity programmes, so we are ensuring that
attention is given to them.
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