Erasmus scholarship cuts leave students stranded abroad with no money
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 @ 9:45 AM
STUDENT scholarships for study abroad have suddenly been slashed and without warning by Spain's ministry of education, leaving many young people overseas with no money.
No warning was given and nothing was mentioned in the national media, meaning affected students already out of the country had no way of preparing for their sudden loss of a grant.
Erasmus scholarships, provided in many countries to university undergraduates to spend up to a year in another country studying, come from the individual governments – and in Spain's case, it has been decided that only those already in receipt of a regular student grant can have them.
University tuition fee grants are only available to those who achieve 55 per cent in their post-sixth form college aptitude test even though the actual pass mark is 50 per cent.
And grants to help towards living costs whilst at college are only paid to those students who achieve 65 per cent – the equivalent of a C-grade.
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