Better weather, pay, more opportunities: why graduates are ditching the UK to move abroad

• More than one in 10 UK university students now plan to move abroad for better opportunities after graduating, up from 7.8% two years ago, according to a survey of 15,000 final-year students. • Better weather, pay and opportunities are among the draws. • Rachel James, 26, from Surrey, quit her corporate job in London last year and booked a one-way ticket to Sydney with no job lined up, saying she wanted a fresh start and was prepared to take a risk, with the worst case being a flight home.