Educational Migration and Non-return in Northern Ireland

Abstract

The Employment Research Institute (ERI) at Napier University, Edinburgh was commissioned by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) to carry out a review of existing data and literature on the key patterns and drivers of educational migration and non-return and the impact of this on the community composition of the pool of qualified labour in Northern Ireland (NI). This report is divided into sections on: introduction/background; patterns and trends of educational migration amongst graduates and undergraduates; the non-return of graduates studying outside of NI; the key drivers of educational migration; the impact of migration on the graduate labour market in NI; and recommendations.