Small pond syndrome Phillip ? People doing post-grad work here will find it easier to make connections ?

Or perhaps if you do a degree and still want to stay in Belfast for your postgraduate, it's got to the stage where you've decided you're never going to leave!

this study seems to include masters degrees only. what about other post graduate qualifications?

That's what I was wondering. I did a post-grad diploma in Belfast, and was offered the chance to write a scintillating 10,000 word thesis to upgrade that to an MA. However, you can just have too much education these days, so I left it. 'MA' seemed like vanity letters... can't imagine how they would've helped.

Those letters are an excuse for another year of avoiding the big nasty "real world" that I'm told is out there somewhere.