Local work for local graduates?

I was delighted last week to read about the launch of The Office for Students’ competition fund initiative to help … More

Rural labour markets of the future?

Charlie Ball (who writes the High Peak Data blog) has just written about his predictions for the graduate labour market … More

Stats busting: the Higher Education experiences of students from Orkney and Shetland

So, as part of my PhD I have been looking at the destinations of higher education graduates who were originally … More

Orkney Research in Progress Conference

A couple of weeks ago I went to the Orkney Research in Progress Conference, I meant to blog about it … More

Graduate Mobility and Employment

I have just read Charlie Ball’s excellent report: Loyals, Stayers, Returners and Incomers: Graduate migration patterns. I’ve been interested in … More

Orkney and Shetland Student Survey is live! Can you help….?

Well, this is exciting. The first stage of my PhD project – a survey of final year undergraduates from Orkney … More

Graduates should be matched to local jobs… just an urban issue?

I just read this article by Times Higher Education: “Graduates should be matched to local jobs says report”. This article refers to the … More

NICEC article

Well, this is exciting. I have just published my first article about my research! The article appears in the National Institute … More

Unemployed people more likely to hold a degree in areas with low unemployment? Really? That makes Orkney and Shetland hotspots…

So, here’s a weird thing I discovered while browsing the 2001 census data for Scotland (as you do). I knew … More

The role of humour in the creation of island graduate identities

What I love about research is the way that interesting ideas come at you sideways. So, a couple of weeks … More