Capita will replace previous contract holder The British Council which helped launch the scheme in February.
The Turing Scheme was introduced by the Department for Education as a replacement for Erasmus+, which was also overseen by the British Council, after Britain left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
According to the British Council, the Turing Scheme has so far supported 41,024 participants, of which 48 per cent are identified as coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Capita will take over the scheme in March next year, with support from education partners including the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).
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