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Benefits of graduate retention


Graduate retention is extremly important to the Merseyside economy. Because Graduates are skilled employees they tend to drive several factors in the local economy. This benefits all stakeholders of this economy from small businesses to large multi-national's. The below diagram describes the relationship between Graduate retention and several other local economy factors:

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Current Graduate Retention 34% Growth sectors: Life sciences, ICT, Professional + financial, Creative industries, Food and drink, Engineering, Travel and Tourism, ports and distribution
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Annual supply of fulltime graduates by sector: Life sciences = 2200, Engineering = 1051, ICT = 471, Prof and financial 800, Creative = 350, Languages = 400, Education = 650, Arts/humanities = 2000 Arrow pointing left Merseyside Graduate talent = 50,000 students, Annual full time output = 8000 graduates

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