
Originally Posted by
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There is no lie; the Turing scheme does not have any tuition fee support, except—possibly—for edge cases. Nor does it have any requirement for tuition fee waivers. Reciprocity for me does not entail everyone getting the same amount of cash at the end of the year. Many countries and their higher ed institutions have far less money than the UK and its institutions; there would be no real reciprocity if such countries would have to pay the UK's high tuition fees. The UK benefited greatly from Erasmus, by drawing talented and curious students from many different countries—and many different backgrounds—to its higher ed institutions and its economy, using EU subsidies. How much do you believe the UK was "spending" on Erasmus? What accounted for that spending?