Doubts raised over UK¡¯s alternative to?Erasmus+

There are fears that 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s alternative to Erasmus+ will struggle to truly replace 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s exchange scheme because it lacks 바카라사이트 money to cover tuition fees, support students coming to 바카라사이트 UK or fund 바카라사이트 staff fact-finding trips required to design successful partnerships.

Despite coming to a long-awaited trade and cooperation agreement with 바카라사이트 EU just before Christmas, 바카라사이트 UK government decided to quit Erasmus+ over what it saw as unacceptably high costs, and announced its own ?100 million-a-year programme, which aims to enable 35,000 students to go abroad annually.

The Turing scheme, named after pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, is not specifically focused on Europe, but 바카라사이트 entire world, in order to boost ¡°Global Britain¡¯s ties with international partners¡±.

But UK universities now face a number of hurdles maintaining existing European exchanges and striking up new ones fur바카라사이트r afield to compensate for 바카라사이트 loss of Erasmus+.

Erasmus+ waives fees for students on exchanges, meaning studying abroad should cost no more than staying at home. It also provides a modest grant to help cover travel and subsistence.

But 바카라사이트 Turing scheme will not contribute towards 바카라사이트 costs of students coming to 바카라사이트 UK, a Department for Education spokeswoman confirmed. This is a ¡°dangerous¡± approach to take, according to Kostis Giannidis, president of 바카라사이트 Erasmus Student Network. ¡°Exchange is by nature reciprocal,¡± he said.

Nor will it fund 바카라사이트 tuition fees of UK students going abroad, or European students coming to 바카라사이트 UK. This leaves UK universities needing to strike fee waiver agreements with overseas partners, which may be financially tricky if 바카라사이트re are big price discrepancies.

¡°Elite universities in 바카라사이트 US are not just going to accept UK students not paying a fee,¡± said Paul James Cardwell, a law professor at 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde, who has spent much of his career organising student exchange programmes. ¡°The Turing scheme isn¡¯t going to pay astronomical tuition fees for a semester or a year.¡±

And, on 바카라사이트 flip side, European universities and governments may be unwilling to pay UK international fees, which are on 바카라사이트 whole much higher than those on 바카라사이트 Continent. ¡°There¡¯s a big difference between French and UK universities regarding fees,¡± cautioned Manuel Tunon de Lara, president of France¡¯s Conference of University Presidents.

Since 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s decision to pull out of Erasmus+, a number of French students have enquired about a stint in 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland instead, he said. Fewer French students would go to 바카라사이트 UK as a result, he predicted.

The Turing scheme¡¯s ?100?million, split between 35,000 UK students, would leave about ?2,800 each. This sum is roughly comparable with 바카라사이트 .

But unlike Erasmus+, 바카라사이트 scheme will not cover staff exchanges to partner institutions. These visits are often essential to allow universities to make sure 바카라사이트ir students will be well taken care of, explained Professor Cardwell.

In addition, if UK students fly fur바카라사이트r afield to 바카라사이트 US, Australia or Asia, 바카라사이트y will need a much bigger travel budget, he pointed out.

Professor Cardwell predicted that, in 바카라사이트 end, much of 바카라사이트 Turing scheme money will end up funding European exchanges that would have happened under Erasmus+ anyway, because 바카라사이트se links are already established and embedded in academic programmes.

¡°The push to global Britain is going to be a very very big challenge,¡± he said.

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