{"id":91215,"date":"2025-09-20T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=91215"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:01:19","slug":"38-years-of-erasmus-europes-flagship-youth-initiative-under-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/38-years-of-erasmus-europes-flagship-youth-initiative-under-review\/","title":{"rendered":"38 years of Erasmus+: Europe\u2019s flagship youth initiative under review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"kISVrH1Vp48todDSz16\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nAs the academic year begins, many students will embark on what has become a rite of passage: studying abroad for part of their course. However, the Erasmus+ programme is not limited to university undergraduates and postgraduates. Since its expansion in 2014, apprentices, trainers, job-seekers, and others have also benefited from these international exchanges. Founded in 1987 as Erasmus, the scheme has supported the personal and professional growth of more than 16 million people. Currently, 33 countries participate fully in Erasmus+ activities, including all 27 EU member states. Yet, Erasmus+ faces challenges, particularly regarding social inclusion. We discuss these issues with our MEPs, who serve on the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT).<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the academic year begins, many students will embark on what has become a rite of passage: studying abroad for part of their course. However, the Erasmus+ programme is not limited to university undergraduates and postgraduates. Since its expansion in 2014, apprentices, trainers, job-seekers, and others have also benefited from these international exchanges. Founded in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1539],"tags":[38503,347,38504],"class_list":["post-91215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-erasmus","tag-europe","tag-flagship-youth-initiative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91217,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91215\/revisions\/91217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}