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The Regional Democracy Think Tank for West Yorkshire

Report: Graduate Retention in West Yorkshire

Please do email us if you would like a copy of the report.

If West Yorkshire is going to flourish in the coming decades, what do we need?

The most important answer is people living here who have the energy and commitment to make positive things happen, in any field.

Why do people choose West Yorkshire? Or not?

Martha Storey and Alex Doyle from Same Skies conducted research on why young people choose to stay in, or return to, our region after graduating.

Their approach has been different to any other current initiative in West Yorkshire on the subject.

This has generated insights about why young people choose West Yorkshire that can't be found anywhere else.

The report makes low-cost and actionable recommendations that could have a big impact. The Mayor of West Yorkshire is best placed to take the lead on behalf of the region, and we have invited Tracy Brabin to a discussion about the way forward.

Amongst the struggles and massive inequality, there is loads of great stuff that really needs shouting about

Book Cover

When we launched our collaborative book of hopeful ideas for Regional Democracy from West Yorkshire, we wanted to promote debate. If you haven’t yet …


A journey that ends in Northumbria?

Summary

I knew that we’d been let down. I knew that our talent and our ideas and our potential was being wasted. I knew …


Review of Same Skies Film Screening

On Tuesday 11th October, Same Skies Think Tank held a screening of films in the basement of Hyde Park Book Club. There were refreshments, there …

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