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The great British brain drain: Crawley
By
Gabriele Piazza
| 1 August 2017
The great British brain drain: Crawley
By
Gabriele Piazza
| 1 August 2017
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Executive Summary
Introduction
The nature of migration to and from Crawley
Figure Most Migration was between Crawley and the rest of the South East
Figure Figure 1: Net regional migration to Crawley, by region, 2009-2015
Figure Figure 2: Net flows into Crawley, 2009- 2015
Figure Crawley gained 22 to 30 year olds but lost people in all other age groups
Figure Figure 3: Contribution of each age group to migration and to the city’s population, 2009-2015
Figure Figure 4: Net inflow of people to Crawley, by age, 2009-2015
Figure Crawley loses young people with A–levels to all regions
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 Almost half of all young people in Crawley who went to a UK university stayed in the Greater South East
Figure Figure 8: Destination of those moving away from Crawley for university, by region, 2014/15
Figure Figure 9: UK cities which Crawley’s students move to for university, 2014/15
Figure Movements of new graduates post university
Figure Figure 11: Employment destinations of Crawley’s students who do not return to Crawley after graduation, by region, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 12: Employment destinations of Crawley’s students who do not return to Crawley after graduation, by city, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure More than half of those who move in for work come from the Greater South East
Figure Figure 13: Origins of those who moved in to Crawley for work, by region, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 14: Origins of graduates who moved into Crawley for work, by city, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 15: Origins of new graduates working in Crawley, by institution, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 16: Comparing students lost and graduates gained by Crawley, 2013/14 – 2014/15
The nature of the new graduate workforce
Figure Figure 17: The components of the new graduate workforce, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 18: Share of working new graduates by class of degree, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Graduates wages in Crawley
Figure Figure 19: Mean new graduate wages of top15 UK cities, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 20: Mean new graduate wages by migration groups, 2013/14- 2014/15
Figure Figure 21: Share of graduates in Crawley working in each sector, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 22: Share of students from Crawley working elsewhere in each sector , 2013/14 – 2014/15
Conclusions
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10: Share of returners for cities without a university campus, 2013/14 – 2014/15
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