Presentation by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones CMG to mark the 35th anniversary of the official launch of the Erasmus programme[*] Thank you warmly for your invitation as an original founder to participate in this special celebration of the 35th anniversary of the official launch of the Erasmus programme. I look [...]
Presentation by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones CMG on the occasion of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Erasmus+ held by the European Commission in Brussels on 14th December 2022.[1] Note: An expanded version of this speech was published in March 2023 by AIACE Vox Vice President Schinas and Commissioner [...]
This article was first published by Yorkshire Bylines. Internationally, there is widespread recognition for the impressive reputation and record of the EU’s Erasmus Plus programme as a tried and trusted system of international educational collaboration. But a growing number of voices are being raised, within the UK and externally, asking [...]
This article was first published by Yorkshire Bylines. There is growing momentum behind the campaign to reverse the UK Government’s decision to exit the European Union’s Erasmus programme, the largest international education programme in the world. Students, young people and their families, alongside the education, training and youth sectors [...]
A missed opportunity for the young people of the UK In finalising its treaty with the EU, to the dismay of many, PM Johnson has confirmed his last minute negative decision to no longer participate in the EU`s Erasmus programme. This comes as a severe blow to young people and [...]
A tribute to two founding fathers of the EU’s Erasmus programme The successive deaths in recent weeks of Manuel Marin and now Peter Sutherland, former European Commissioners, sadly coincide with the close of the year-long celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the EU’s Erasmus programme. Both men played crucial roles [...]
From ERASMUS to ERASMUS + Presentation by Dr Hywel Ceri Jones CMG at Cardiff Met University, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the official launch of the EU's ERASMUS programme 28th June 2017 Thank you Vice Chancellor for your invitation to participate in this celebration of [...]
