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Year Abroad - more than just a gap year
Date: 31 October 2013
The Year Abroad is an integral part of a language studies degree, but few other British students make use of studying or working abroad during their degree course. Find out what the benefits of living abroad are:http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/blogs/birgit-smith/the-year-abroad--more-than-just-a-gap-year/
In 2013, some 40,000 British citizens received Erasmus grants to study or work abroad, compared to 83,000 German and over 70,000 French and Spanish citizens. The newErasmus+programme, which launches on 1st January 2014, will support activities in education, training, youth and sport, in all sectors of lifelong learning (higher education, further education, adult education, schools, youth activities etc).
https://www.lifelonglearningprogramme.org.uk/erasmus-for-all
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Associated departments and research centres: European Languages and Cultures
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