waz
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There is migration from eastern EU, but here in this case the forecast was based on UK being a talent magnet. I guess apart from US, the next best destination is UK for high talent. Also English gives UK a natural advantage over Germany in attracting top talent across the world.
As regarding PISA, you cannot pick a small sample and extrapolate that to whole country, because those samples are unscientific and biased. You can Google on PISA for more information or go through some of the post made by @INDIC or @JayAtl
It has great telecommunication and petrochemical industry too.
Hi there. I saw several reports and commentaries on TV regarding this report and the "talent magnet" issue is overstated and even sensationalised. Yes, the UK does attract talent e.g. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, but the numbers aren't great enough to warrant a rise in growth that can pass the Germans. The main real reason for this is that the UK competes in a global economy and that also includes other nations also scouting for such talent. For example the bulk of Chinese STEM graduates go back to China. In a nutshell if you are talented the world is your oyster. The UK also does not pay a great deal of attention to growth multiplier industries such as engineering, and you will often find many of our home grown graduates going elsewhere, and yes that includes Germany. The prime minister himself has also talked about the need for restructuring the economy and weaning it away from the great reliance it has on services and other "non tangible" sectors.
As for PISA, I agree with the whole one size does not fit all policy. But the tests are credible and caused an uproar here in the UK, after the nation's poor showing. You also have the very best a nation has to offer against those from other states.