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New report launched on the graduate brain drain

Graduates Yorkshire have published our report, Graduate Economies in Britain, a unique analysis into talent attraction and graduate retention in the knowledge economy.

Britain’s graduates are the raw material of the new knowledge economy in the same way that coal and water drove the industrial revolution that shaped the great northern cities. UK universities are currently producing 400,000 graduates each year. They leave with talent, creativity and qualifications – the intangible assets of the global economy. In the world of work these attributes become converted to skills which can help drive competitiveness and creativity. Attracting and retaining these graduates is an emerging priority in many areas of the country, turning a potential brain drain into the brain gain.

Whilst the report focuses on Yorkshire, there are lessons that can be learned across the country.

To download the pdf version of the report, please submit your full name and email address.

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