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

Switzerland's Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne has been granted permission by Singaporean authorities to deliver its bachelor course in the country.

Global K-12 provider Cognita has acquired its first school in Switzerland – making it the ninth country the education company will operate in.

Switzerland topped the latest OECD list of attractive countries for international university students due access to work during studies, while Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK fell due to relatively high tuition fees.

Swiss education agency Yalea has ceased operations, leaving debts to language school partners unpaid according to multiple industry sources, with German agency Linguland which it acquired less than five months ago continuing to operate independently.

A citizen of Switzerland's fifth largest city has filed an initiative to parliament to ban English at The University of Zurich.

Switzerland has been allowed back into the EU's Horizon 2020 research programme, opening up negotiations for the country's direct participation in Erasmus+. However, negotiations may be delayed for a year or more.

Geneva English School, an international primary school operating for more than 50 years, is opening a secondary sector amid high demand for secondary school places in Switzerland.