Foundations for global mobility
A British junior doctor weighing an offer in Perth. A Canadian nurse taking a contract in Dubai. A Kenyan nurse arriving in Oxford. Different starting points, same phenomenon: they hold a qualification the whole world can read, so the whole world bids for them. This is not a story about where you are from. It is a story about how your career can empower you.
Education: Negative Graduating Premiums?
I have been studying “negative graduating premiums,” a phrase I picked up in the United Kingdom. It compares the incomes of those who take on degrees versus those who learn a skill. Which fares better in the short term and long term? Do graduates earn less than their hand-skilled counterparts? If so, that is a case of a negative graduating premium. In simple terms, these can be explained as making educational investments that don’t yield commensurate returns.