UCML has written a letter of concern to the Minister for Education, Gavin Williamson, in response to the decision for the UK to withdraw from Erasmus+, which will be replaced with the Turing Scheme. UCML is concerned that the Turing Scheme does not extend to staff mobility, is non-reciprocal, and funded on an annual rather than multi-annual basis.
These concerns are shared by colleagues across the education sector, and our letter has been co-signed by bodies and learned societies from across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM.