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The great British brain drain: Liverpool
By
Centre for Cities
| 20 January 2017
The great British brain drain: Liverpool
By
Centre for Cities
| 20 January 2017
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Introduction
The nature of migration between Liverpool and the rest of England and Wales
Figure Liverpool experiences a considerable churn of people
Figure Figure 1: Net regional migration into Liverpool, 2009-2015
Figure Figure 2: Net flow of people from UK cities into Liverpool, 2009-2015
Figure Liverpool gains young people and loses older people
Figure Figure 3: Contribution of each age group to migration and to the city’s population, 2009-2015
Figure Liverpool loses degree holders to the rest of the country
Figure Figure 5: Net flows of 16 to 21 year olds by region and qualification, 2010-2011
Figure Figure 6: Net flows of 22 to 30 year olds by region and qualification, 2010-2011
Figure Figure 7: Net flows of 31 to 45 year olds by region and qualification, 2010-2011
Figure Summary
A more detailed look at the movement of students and graduates
Figure Box 1: Higher education institutions in Liverpool
Figure Movements of students
Figure Figure 8: Origins of Liverpool university students, 2014/15
Figure Figure 9: Origin cities of those students who moved to Liverpool for university, 2014/15
Figure Figure 10: Origin of students at University of Liverpool, 2014/15
Figure Figure 11: Origin of students at Liverpool John Moores University, 2014/15
Figure Figure 12: Origin of students at Liverpool Hope University, 2014/15
Figure Figure 13: Origin of students at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, 2014/15
Figure Figure 14: Destination cities of Liverpool students moving away for university, 2014/15
Figure Figure 15: Destination regions of those moving away from Liverpool for university, 2014/15
Figure Movements of new graduates post university
Figure Figure 16: Retention rates of each UK city, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 17: Retention rate of each university in Liverpool, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 18: Proportion of all retained students from Liverpool and from elsewhere, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 19: Destinations of Liverpool graduates who move to other cities for work, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 20: Comparing students lost and graduates gained by Liverpool, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 21: The bouncers and the graduate gain, 2013/14 – 2014/15
The nature of the new graduate workforce
Figure The composition of the new graduate workforce
Figure Figure 22: The components of the new graduate workforce, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 23: Share of working new graduates by class of degree, 2013/14 – 2014-15
Figure Graduate wages in Liverpool are fairly low
Figure Figure 24: Mean graduate wages of each UK city, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 25: Mean graduate wages by institution and location of employment, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 26: Share of graduates in Liverpool working in each sector, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 27: Share of UK graduates working in each sector, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Conclusions
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4: Net inflow of people to Liverpool by age, 2009-2015
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