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Scotland’s new minister stakes out a pro‑Erasmus, pro‑EU mobility agenda

Barely 24 hours into the job, Scotland's new minister for innovation, technology and tertiary education, Alyn Smith, used the EAIE conference in Glasgow to send a clear message to the international education sector that Scotland wants to be deeply plugged into European mobility and collaboration.

Scotland’s new minister stakes out a pro‑Erasmus, pro‑EU mobility agenda

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Barely 24 hours into the job, Scotland's new minister for innovation, technology and tertiary education, Alyn Smith, used the EAIE conference in Glasgow to send a clear message to the international education sector that Scotland wants to be deeply plugged into European mobility and collaboration.

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Barely 24 hours into the job, Scotland's new minister for innovation, technology and tertiary education, Alyn Smith, used the EAIE conference in Glasgow to send a clear message to the international education sector that Scotland wants to be deeply plugged into European mobility and collaboration.

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