Colleges to get €10.5m EU funding

University College Cork is among the Irish higher-level institutions that have been awarded €10.5m to take part in global projects.

The grants, which have been awarded through the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme, will allow universities and institutes of technologies to carry out project work in a number of areas around the world including the western Balkans, Central Asia, Russia and the south Mediterranean.

Welcoming the funding, Education Minister Richard Bruton said: “The Erasmus+ programme prepares students, academics and staff to be active and engaged participants in an interconnected global world.