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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In our new 'Eminent Europeans' series, we ask the continent's share of intellectuals - philosophers, artists or scientists - to share their vision of Europe. In the first article, Jan Truszczyński, ...

Dutch Renaissance philosopher Erasmus inspired the name of the European student exchange programme that's funded millions of students to spend a year or several months in a foreign country. The ...

Britain leaving the EU could put the Erasmus student exchange scheme under threat. Six former students explain why this matters There are fears over the future of the Erasmus, a £112m EU exchange ...

Hundreds of Irish students who are participating in the Erasmus+ programme in the UK will be able to complete their stay in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the European Commission. There ...

A photography exhibition of families from across Europe who met through the Erasmus study-abroad programme opens in Dublin on Monday. The show, in St Stephen’s Green until July 29th, tells the stories ...

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 ...