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> I believe the lack of UK students in the Erasmus was something terrible and that was either a cause/consequence that lead to the Brexit. Erasmus surely was u

> I believe the lack of UK students in the Erasmus was something terrible and that was either a cause/consequence that lead to the Brexit. Erasmus surely was underused by UK students but to make the connection to Brexit as a cause is quite the stretch, especially as students (apparently) overwhelmingly voted to remain part of the EU[1]. > research agency YouthSight found 87 per cent of eligible students at UK universities voted in the referendum. This was a higher rate of turnout than the general population of which, according to the Electoral Commission, 72 per cent showed up to vote amongst the overall confirmed electorate. > Overall, 85 per cent of students who voted in the referendum chose Remain, meaning almost one million out of the UK’s 1.4 million full-time undergraduates voted to stay in the union. I'm also not sure where you get tolerance as a factor. I don't see any far-right parties in the UK parliament but France and Germany have the Front National and the AFD both polling well over 10% and are often characterised by their opponents as far-right. I might as well ask you if that's because of greater Erasmus involvement, or just the attitude of continental students in general? Maybe it's because Erasmus will largely favour white people and put them into largely similar majority white cultures? It would make little sense but I'd be in good company. [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/brexit-eu-referendum-uk-student-vote-leave-remain-european-union-youthsight-analysis-a7154626.html https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/brexit-eu-referen...

giorgioz 6y ago
>to make the connection to Brexit as a cause is quite the stretch I did say either cause/consequence to express exactly that it's clearly not the lack of UK erasmuses alone that caused the Brexit. I believe though the lack of UK erasmus for the past decades is something that might be correlated with what caused the Brexit. > Overall, 85 per cent of students who voted in the referendum chose Remain, meaning almost one million out of the UK’s 1.4 million full-time undergraduates voted to stay in the union. I'm happy you shared that article with us and I'm happy to know once again many UK students wished to not leave the EU. >Maybe it's because Erasmus will largely favour white people and put them into largely similar majority white cultures. I think we can agree that people come in all colors and shapes, not just white and black. I can guarantee you there is already many permutations of colors and shapes of people in the Erasmus program. I wish more countries from Asia and Africa to join in more exchange programs in order to avoid for people of the similar color and shapes to cluster with each other. I wish the UK would have stayed and help. I don't have a problem with the UK having their own exchange programs. I have a problem with the UK leaving the Erasmus. I wish they would have stayed in the Eramsus program. The fact that the Alan Turing program is less tolerant to me is because is borned out of leaving the Erasmus program.
- brigandish 6y ago
  The vote was 85% for students while having low Erasmus participation - what change could you possibly expect from increased participation?

giorgioz 6y ago

>to make the connection to Brexit as a cause is quite the stretch I did say either cause/consequence to express exactly that it's clearly not the lack of UK erasmuses alone that caused the Brexit. I believe though the lack of UK erasmus for the past decades is something that might be correlated with what caused the Brexit. > Overall, 85 per cent of students who voted in the referendum chose Remain, meaning almost one million out of the UK’s 1.4 million full-time undergraduates voted to stay in the union. I'm happy you shared that article with us and I'm happy to know once again many UK students wished to not leave the EU. >Maybe it's because Erasmus will largely favour white people and put them into largely similar majority white cultures. I think we can agree that people come in all colors and shapes, not just white and black. I can guarantee you there is already many permutations of colors and shapes of people in the Erasmus program. I wish more countries from Asia and Africa to join in more exchange programs in order to avoid for people of the similar color and shapes to cluster with each other. I wish the UK would have stayed and help. I don't have a problem with the UK having their own exchange programs. I have a problem with the UK leaving the Erasmus. I wish they would have stayed in the Eramsus program. The fact that the Alan Turing program is less tolerant to me is because is borned out of leaving the Erasmus program.

brigandish 6y ago
The vote was 85% for students while having low Erasmus participation - what change could you possibly expect from increased participation?