Disadvantaged students in Scotland are at risk of missing out on its Erasmus replacement, a vice-chancellor has warned, as the sector continues to wait for details about the scope and scale of the much-anticipated project.
Scotland has long been promised its own post-Brexit student exchange programme after Wales’ Taith scheme launched in February 2021, followed by the UK-wide Turing programme taking flight six months later.
But the Scottish government is still working on a pilot version, which, like Taith, will also cover schools, youth groups and colleges, Scotland’s universities minister Graeme Dey told a Scottish Parliament committee earlier this summer.
Asked by Times Higher Education, a Scottish government spokesperson said it was still not yet able to confirm the basic details of the pilot, despite it being scheduled to launch in the coming academic year.
