‘Positive reaction’ from Northern Ireland students to Erasmus plan

Simon Harris, Minister for Further and Higher Education. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA

Third-level students in Northern Ireland have reacted positively to plans to give them access to the Erasmus programme post-Brexit, Ireland’s Further and Higher Education Minister has said.

Simon Harris said talks have been under way between higher education institutions (HEIs) on both sides of the border about Northern Ireland students taking part in the EU’s student exchange scheme through Irish colleges and that early indications are that students are interested in taking up the offer.