THE SNP has stepped up its calls to protect the EU’s student exchange programme after it emerged two Scottish universities were the scheme’s top beneficiaries in the UK.
Brexit has put the UK’s participation in the 30-year-old Erasmus programme in doubt.
Official figures show 462 students attended the University of Edinburgh in 2014, and a further 460 went to the University of Glasgow, with the University of Sheffield third on 455.
SNP MSP James Dornan, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s education committee, said: “The Erasmus programme has been hugely beneficial to our universities and students over the years, and it is absolutely vital that the UK Government commits to protecting it.”
Holyrood’s European Committee will next week hold a rare recess meeting to take evidence on Brexit's impact on Scotland’s higher education, finance and food and drinks sectors.
The session follows a visit by the committee to Brussels last week.
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