The headline and text of a news story last week put words in the mouth of Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, when he addressed a party meeting in Salford. “I’m not going to stand by, and others are not going to stand by, and see every single one of you portrayed as the striking miners were, as thugs, brick throwers, bullies and misogynists,” were the words of shadow justice secretary, Richard Burgon, at that meeting, as were the quotes in the subsequent three paragraphs. We apologise for this error. (“‘I won’t let us be portrayed as brick-throwing thugs’ – Corbyn”, News, last week, page 5).
Contrary to “Popular European student exchange scheme faces axe” (News, last week, page 8), the European Union does not pay fees for the 27,401 Erasmus students at UK universities; their grants, however, are funded by the EU. No hosting universities receive any financial benefit from Erasmus+. Additionally, Dr Hywel Ceri Jones, one of the founders of the Erasmus scheme, did not set up the School of European Studies at Sussex University, but was inspired by it. He also went on to become director general for employment and social policy at the European commission, not, as we said, for education.
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