Prospective students seeking to study in Germany were affected by multi-month visa waiting times at embassies around the world in 2019, with students in India, Morocco and Cameroon being most affected.

Reflecting on 2019, a number of headlines stick out – from acquisition shakeups across the ESL industry to visa issues stretching over various destination countries. Here are some of the stories which have grabbed our attention, and yours, over the last 12 months.

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Germany's association of language tour operators FDSV has admitted three more German language schools as its membership widens further.

Berlin School of Business and Innovation has partnered with Concordia University Chicago to introduce two new postgraduate programs at the BSBI campus.

Swiss agency StudyLingua and Pro Linguis, has announced the acquisition of German language travel agency DIALOG-Sprachreisen International.

The Goethe Institut has temporarily suspended a program that allows students from Morocco the opportunity to spend a few weeks studying at a school in Germany.

The state of Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany has pledged €26 million to a program aiming to continue the integration of refugees into study .