Question reference: S5W-34323
- Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 8 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many students from Scotland have participated in the Erasmus scheme in each of the last five years.
Answer
ERASMUS+ does not provide a breakdown for Scottish- domiciled students only. Table 2 of https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/file/6042/download published on the central UK Erasmus+ website shows the outgoing student numbers for all UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including for all Scottish. The most recent data available is for 2017/18 and therefore only figures for the last four years are provided.
Outgoing ERASMUS+ students from a Scottish HEI
Academic year | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
No. Students | 2,202 | 2,429 | 2,548 | 2,705 |
Source: ERASMUS+
Numbers include students on either Study or Work programmes abroad through ERASMUS+ from a Scottish Higher Education Institution (HEI).
Does not include students in Scotland studying at Open University.
Available data downloaded in January 2021