BREXIT AND ERASMUS+ LATEST DEVELOPMENTS - @UUKIntl ANNE-MAY JANSSEN Head of European Engagement, UUKi - HEURO
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BREXIT AND ERASMUS+ LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ANNE-MAY JANSSEN Head of European Engagement, UUKi AnneMay.Janssen@international.ac.uk @UUKIntl
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
3 meaningful votes
All defeated
Extension
31 October 2019
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlNO-DEAL PLANNING
Don’t stop!
UUK tools and documents:
- No-deal document for UK universities
- EUA/UUKi briefing for European universities
- Action plans for: Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, Immigration, and other
issues
- FAQs for EU, Swiss and EEA students
- Brexit webinars with FCO SIN - next one on 8 May
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlERASMUS+
Measures for universities
• Seek clarification and guidance from the National Agency Erasmus+
and the European Commission
• Identify Erasmus+ students/staff currently on placement and reach out
to them to communicate about the changes
• Check UUKi’s FAQs for students from EU and EEA and Swiss
students
• Provide details of EU funding entitlement through the Cabinet Office
Portal on GOV.UK
Arrange your own bilateral agreements with your partner
universities in the EU – criteria for underwrite funding
• Determine the financial impact on your institution
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlERASMUS+ • Dissolution of grant agreements between HEIs and National Agency • Dissolution of Erasmus+ learning agreement • Erasmus charter no longer recognised • Changed study/work residency status of mobile students from the UK • Student wellbeing • Dissolution of the UK national agency for Erasmus+ • No access to Erasmus+ IT platforms, systems, tools or networks • Ineligibility for future Erasmus calls and national replacement mechanism www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntl
ERASMUS+ DEVELOPMENTS UK Government Underwrite The new Erasmus+ underwrite guidance: 2 scenarios: 1. No deal UK Government negotiates access to remainder Erasmus+ underwrite funds participation 2. No deal UK Government fails to negotiate access to remainder Erasmus+ underwrite only covers projects ratified by 31 October 2019 www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntl
UK GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES
ERASMUS+
Scenario 2 means:
- UK students abroad at the time of exit will receive funding from
government – also students still going after 31 October (with signed
contracts)
- Ongoing partnerships under KA2 +3 will receive underwrite funding if
they can demonstrate that their collaboration can continue
- Organisational support would be covered.
- Only covers UK organisations.
- 2019 calls: what would happen? extension
No national replacement fund
No funding for new mobilities or KA2 and KA3.
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntl#SUPPORTSTUDYABROAD www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntl
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EU European Commission proposal for “no-deal” contingency measures Option for the UK to pay into the 2019 EU budget Retain access to Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ for rest of 2019 HMT are currently considering the Commission’s offer Social security: EU Member State authorities will continue to take into account periods of insurance, (self) employment or residence in the United Kingdom before withdrawal, when calculating social security benefits, such as pensions Erasmus+ www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntl
ERASMUS+ DEVELOPMENTS
European Commission proposal for “no-deal” contingency measures
If the UK doesn’t pay into the 2019 budget:
Students and staff on Erasmus+ exchange on the date of exit can
complete their stay without interruption and will continue to receive
Erasmus+ funding
Activities […] which take place in the United Kingdom or involve
entities or participants from the United Kingdom, shall continue to be
eligible.
Covers KA 103, 107 and Erasmus Mundus
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlCITIZEN’S RIGHTS &
FUTURE MIGRATION RULES
Deal scenario:
• No change to the immigration status of EU citizens who are already
here or who arrive before 31 December 2020.
• EU nationals who already live in the UK, or who arrive by 31 December
2020, will be able to apply for either settled status or pre-settled status.
• Settled status will enable EU nationals having lived in the UK for at
least five years to live, work and study in the UK for as long as they like.
EU nationals having lived in the UK for less than five years will be able
to apply for pre-settled status, which will allow them to meet the five-
year residency requirement needed to apply for settled status.
• The Settlement Scheme is open for applications and the deadline is
June 2021.
• A new immigration system, in which EU citizens will be included will be
operational from January 2021 onwards.
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlUK NO DEAL MIGRATION RULES
For EU citizens residing in the UK before October 31:
• The EU Settlement Scheme will continue to be implemented, enabling
EU citizens and their family members living in the UK by October 31
2019 to secure their status and continue to be able to work, study,
and access benefits and services in the UK on the same basis as they
do now.
• The planned application deadline will be brought forward to 31
December 2020.
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlUK NO DEAL MIGRATION RULES
For EU citizens arriving after October 31:
• EU Settlement Scheme will not apply
• For a transitional period only (until 2021), EEA citizens and their
family members, including Swiss citizens, will still be able to come to
the UK for up to three months.
• To stay longer than 3 months they will need to apply for European
Temporary Leave to Remain, which is valid for 3 years.
• EU citizens wishing to stay for longer than 3 years will need to make a
further application under the new skills-based future immigration
system, which will begin from 2021.
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlEU MS NO DEAL MIGRATION RULES
• The specific rules and requirements that can be placed on UK nationals in EU
countries is a matter for each Member State to determine.
• A number of Member States have already given political assurances to UK
Nationals about their residency rights.
• The European Commission has also published a No Deal Contingency Action
Plan which calls upon EU Member States to take a generous approach to UK
nationals who are already resident in their territory. This includes a call for
Member States to take measures so that all UK nationals legally residing in a
Member States on 31 October 2019 will continue to be considered as legal
residents of that Member State without interruption.
• The government is working with the EU and all of the Member States to make
sure UK nationals are given firm reassurances as soon as possible. When it is
available, country-specific information will be added in the ‘living in country
guides’ available on gov.uk – please subscribe to updates:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlBOLOGNA, QUALIFICATIONS RECOGNITION &
EU STUDENT FEES
Recognition of academic qualifications
Mutual recognition of professional qualifications
MRPQ Directive
Student fees
EU students in the UK – 2019/2020
EU students in Scotland – 2019/2020 and 2020/2021
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlSECURING AN EFFECTIVE POST-EXIT
SETTLEMENT FOR UNIVERSITIES
Post-Exit
Post-Exit Settlement
Settlement
UK-EU Relationship Domestic Policy Reform
Immigration system Enhancing support for
Full association to
Full access to Erasmus+ allows to attract global IRC & outward
Horizon Europe student mobility
talent
UK shared prosperity
Continued MRPQ EIB Regulatory standards fund
www.international.ac.uk info@international.ac.uk @UUKIntlTHANK YOU
Q&A
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