Graduation HUNDREDS of students from The University of Reading participated in the Erasmus scheme in recent years, before Brexit brought Britain's involvement to an end. The exchange programme which allowed students to study and work across Europe, was not included in the recent UK-EU trade deal, with the Government's replacement set to begin in September. But a group of MPs have warned that the proposed new Turing scheme risks hurting university towns and cities, and excluding disadvantaged students. Erasmus was created in 1987 and transformed into the Erasmus Plus scheme in 2014, incorporating other EU programmes on education, training, youth and sport.