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<p>The department understands that the Irish Government has allocated funding to allow
higher education students in Northern Ireland to access the Erasmus+ Programme.</p><p>The
department looks forward to continuing its collaborative work with sector stakeholders
and Northern Ireland Executive officials to ensure that students in Northern Ireland
are able to benefit from the opportunities available to them through the UK Government’s
Turing Scheme.</p><p>For academic year 2023/24, the Turing Scheme is allocating over
£2.9 million to education providers in Northern Ireland to fund international placements
for over 1,000 participants, more than half of whom are students from disadvantaged
backgrounds.</p><p>The government does not intend to negotiate resuming participation
in any aspect of Erasmus+ with the EU as a Programme Country.</p>
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