Partner with us
Media centre
Sign up to our newsletter
Research
City by city
Data
Blog
Podcasts
Events
About
Current issues
Cities Outlook
Industrial strategy
Devolution
Housing
Productivity
Net zero
The great British brain drain: Newcastle
By
Rebecca McDonald
| 5 May 2017
The great British brain drain: Newcastle
By
Rebecca McDonald
| 5 May 2017
Select Chapter
Summary
Introduction
The nature of overall migration between Newcastle and the rest of England and Wales
Figure Most migration is between Newcastle and the rest of the North East
Figure Figure 1: Net regional migration into Newcastle, 2009-2015
Figure Figure 2: Net flow of people from UK cities into Newcastle, 2009-2015
Figure Newcastle’s migration patterns are driven by the movements of young people
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 Newcastle by age, 2009-2015
Figure Newcastle loses graduates to most regions of England and Wales
Figure Figure 5: Net flows of 16 to 21 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 Newcastle
Figure Movements to university
Figure Figure 8: Origins of Newcastle’s university students, 2014/15
Figure Figure 9: Origin cities of those students who moved to Newcastle for university, 2014/15
Figure Figure 10: Origin of students at Newcastle University, 2014/15
Figure Figure 11: Origin of students at Northumbria University, 2014/15
Figure Figure 12: Destination regions of those moving away from Newcastle for university, 2014/15
Figure Figure 13: Destination cities of Newcastle students moving away for university, 2014/15
Figure Movements of new graduates post-university[footnote]Due to low response rates international students are not included in this analysis.[/footnote]
Figure Figure 14: Retention rates of each UK city, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 15: Percentage of graduates retained in Newcastle post-graduation, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 16: Proportion of all retained students from Newcastle itself and elsewhere, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 17: Relationship between retention and local students, 2013/4 -2014/5
Figure Figure 18: Retention rate of students studying each subject, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 19: Destinations of Newcastle graduates who move to other cities for work, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 20: Comparing students lost and graduates gained by Newcastle, 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 More than half of Newcastle’s graduate workforce study in the city
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 New graduate wages in Newcastle are relatively high
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 Half of the city’s graduate workforce is employed by the public sector
Figure Figure 26: Share of graduates in Newcastle working in each sector, 2013/14-2014/15
Figure Figure 27: Share of UK graduates working in each sector, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 28: Occupation levels of graduates working in Newcastle, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 29: Share of Newcastle University graduates working in each sector, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Figure 30: Share of Northumbria University graduates working in each sector, 2013/14 – 2014/15
Figure Implications for the total number of degree holders in Newcastle
Figure Figure 31: Share of working age population with a degree, 2004-2015
Figure Figure 32: Share of Newcastle’s population with degree level qualifications, by age, 2015
Conclusions
05
6: Net flows of 22 to 30 year olds by region and qualification, 2010-2011
Next chapter
