💥⁉️NEW: Does Northern Ireland really have a “brain drain”? - Students here no more likely to leave home to study than elsewhere in UK 🎥🎤 Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 with this report. 🛩 Independent research has provided fresh insight into student and graduate mobility in Northern Ireland, challenging long-held assumptions about young people leaving. ⛔️ It suggests local students are no more likely to leave their home region to study than their counterparts elsewhere in the UK. Lower student fees in Northern Ireland, compared with England and Wales, may be one factor helping to keep students here. Around 78% of students from Northern Ireland stay here to study, while the 22% who leave is broadly in line with other parts of the UK. But the bigger issue? Not enough students are coming into Northern Ireland. Researchers say the focus now needs to shift away from trying to stop people leaving and towards creating a genuine “brain gain”. Speaking to Economy Minister @CArchibald_SF and researcher Dr Anne Devlin. More on-air and online.