UK students could be excluded from Erasmus because of Brexit

Anxious students worried about their future involvement in the scheme have been inundating the Erasmus organisation trying to gain clarification. A statement on the official Erasmus website reads:

"We are getting many questions about the future of the Erasmus Programme. It is not clear at this early stage what the impact of the recent UK vote to leave the EU will have on the Erasmus Programme."

EU negotiations for Britain’s exit are unlikely to begin until Article 50 has been triggered, which means we won’t know what kind of relations the UK will have with the EU. On top of this it’s still unclear the kind of Brexit deals the government intends to try and make. This has a direct impact on the Erasmus scheme as it seems unlikely the UK would be allowed to participate in the scheme if we vote to restrict the free movement of people.