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Home to one of UK's two foremost universities, Cambridge should perhaps be best known to fresh graduates as one of the country's foremost high-tech, research, science consultancy and engineering areas. Lauded as one of England's most beautiful places, it attracts a good number of new residents as well as tourists each year. Historically an important market town thanks to its close proximity to and connection with London (via road and canals), Cambridge was only granted city status in 1951. Some 160,000 people reside in the city, though a large portion of these are students who are only present during term-time, making the city a particularly quiet and relaxing place to live during the summer holidays, Christmas, and Easter.
Thanks to its beauty, fantastic location in the English countryside, a good range of amenities, and convenient transport links to the capital, the quality of life in Cambridge is very high. Of particular note are reportedly 'very high' indexes of safety, healthcare, climate, traffic, and pollution. Fresh graduates will be happy to hear that average rents in Cambridge are nearly 40% lower than in London, though overall cost of live (exc. rent) is only marginally lower (13%) than our illustrious capital. Importantly for employment prospects and professional progression in the long-run, Cambridge achieved highest growth in employment (year-on-year Q2 2019) of just over 2%, ahead even of inner London. Projected growth for the next decade is very promising (20%), with estimated employment growth (24%) further supporting these favourable conditions. This means a lively and welcoming graduate jobs market for those entering the full-time workforce in 2021/2022 financial year. These strong growth projections also indicate favourable recovery conditions after the coronavirus pandemic, giving fresh graduates good employment and professional progression prospects in the short to mid-term future.
Graduate jobs are abundant in Cambridge, as it is UK's very own 'silicon valley', indeed dubbed 'Silicon Fen'. Software and biosciences companies seem to be greatest in number. STEM subjects graduates are more than likely to find favourable employment opportunities with long-established companies such as Microsoft, Sinclair, ARM Limited, or Abcam. Aerospace engineering enthusiasts can search for opportunities with Marshall Aerospace, while those interested in career in telecommunications can hope for graduate jobs with Sepura. Of particular note is of course the massive Cambridge Biomedical Campus with AstraZeneca HQ. Graduates hoping to enter the start-up environment are sure to find a graduate job in one of Cambridge's many fledgling companies.
In terms of transport, Cambridge offers many choices, though due to the city's modest size and relatively bad traffic, cycling is the preferred mode of transport. Bus routes as well as rail connections are abundant, of course; for those hoping to relocate to Cambridge permanently, the proposed Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro connecting the city centre, busway route, railway stations, and the Cambridge Science Park will be of particular interest.
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