ERASMUS+ grants for students, apprentices and volunteers

The new €14 billion Erasmus+ education programme for 2014-2020, approved by the Culture and Education Committee on Tuesday, will enable over 5 million young people to go to other countries to study, train and join in voluntary activities including sport. In future, it will fund scholarships for non-university students, and back loan guarantees schemes for master’s degree ones. It should also ensure that grants are paid faster.

“We have a very useful grouping of hitherto separate programmes, which…