Britain Mourns a Cherished Education Exchange Program Ended by Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to replace the E.U.-wide Erasmus program with a national version, but former participants and university officials say the decision is shortsighted.
Brexit opponents demonstrated in London in June 2016. Young people overwhelmingly voted for Britain to remain an E.U. member.Credit.Andrew Testa for The New York Times
Published Dec. 29, 2020Updated Jan. 4, 2021
After his university in Scotland shut down in the spring because of the coronavirus, forcing him to study online from home, Jack Boag kept up his spirits by dreaming of what awaited him in the coming academic year: a semester abroad at the University of Amsterdam.