Restoring lost freedoms – Panel discussion on Erasmus+ and Youth Mobility – 04 November 2025

Join our in-person panel event on Tuesday 4th November in William Mong Hall at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, to discuss the case for an EU-UK Youth Mobility scheme and for the UK to rejoin Erasmus+, the EU programme for education, training, youth and sport.

Our panel will include:

Alfred Quantrill – President, Young European Movement UK
Maria Kurinna – Ukrainian human rights advocate, Youth for Inclusive Europe
Ian James – Professor of Modern French Philosophy and Literature at the University of Cambridge

Doors open at 5.45 PM, and the panel discussion will start at 6 PM and finish at 7 PM, after which there will be some time for informal discussion.

Each speaker will give a short presentation, after which we’ll open it up to questions from the audience.

When the UK left the EU, young people in the UK lost opportunities to live, work and study in tthe EU and EEA that previous generations took for granted.

Now, as the UK Government announces the intention to rejoin Erasmus+ and to negotiate a Youth Opportunity scheme with the EU, our panel will examine the benefits and limitations of these scheme, and the potential obstacles to agreeing and implementing them.

We’ll also discuss where ERASMUS+ and Youth Mobility fit into the wider context of an open Europe, and what our next steps should be to deepen the UK-EU relationship and restore more lost freedoms.

Tickets for this event are free, but we invite attendees to make a donation to help cover the cost of hiring the venue.

This event is organised by Cambridge for Europe, and supported by the Young European Movement UK and Cambridge University Liberal Association.