去年，瑞秋·詹姆斯辞去了在伦敦的公司工作，拎着行李箱，预订了一张飞往悉尼的单程机票，既没有安排好工作，也没有制定计划。
Last year Rachel James quit her corporate job in London, packed a suitcase and booked a one-way ticket to Sydney, without a job lined up or a plan in place.
“我是为了重新开始，”这位来自萨里郡的26岁年轻人说。“为了冒险尝试完全不同的事情。最坏的情况是，如果一切都失败了，总会有飞回家的航班。”根据对15000名大学最后一年学生的调查，现在超过十分之一的英国大学生计划毕业后移居国外以寻求更好的机会，而两年前这一比例为7.8%。
"I went for a fresh start," says the 26-year-old from Surrey. "To take a risk and try something completely different. With the worst case being there will always be a flight home if all fails." More than one in 10 UK university students are now planning to move abroad for better opportunities after they have graduated, up from 7.8% two years ago, according to a survey of 15,000 final year university students.
与此同时，学生雇主研究所（ISE）的一项研究称，英国毕业生工作的竞争已达到三十年来的最高水平。
Meanwhile, a study by the Institute of Student Employers (ISE) says that competition for graduate jobs in the UK was at a three-decade high.
英国雇主目前平均每个毕业生职位收到140份申请，较2025年增长14%，而20年前每个职位仅有30份申请，这是ISE报告《For young British adults going abroad, where are they heading?》的数据。对于前往国外的英国年轻人，他们去哪里？
UK employers now receive 140 applications per graduate vacancy on average, an increase of 14% from 2025, and up from just 30 applications per vacancy 20 years ago, according to the ISE's report For young British adults going abroad, where are they heading?
虽然没有关于人们前往哪些国家的年龄特定数据，但官方数据显示，澳大利亚仍然是总体上移居国外的英国成年人最受欢迎的国家，远超其他国家。
While there is no age-specific data for which countries people go to, Australia remains by far the most popular nation for British adults overall who move abroad, official figures show.
除了澳大利亚的天气和英语使用之外，另一个原因是其对签证友好的政策。根据其工作度假者计划，年龄在18至35岁之间的英国护照持有者可以在澳大利亚居住长达三年。
In addition to Australia's weather and use of the English language, another reason is its visa-friendly policy. Under its Working Holiday Maker programme, British passport holders between the ages of 18 and 35 can live in Australia for up to three years.
瑞秋于2022年毕业于拉夫堡大学，获得英语学位，此前一直在英国会计巨头普华永道工作。她现在在悉尼为健身连锁品牌健身第一担任市场营销工作。
Rachel, who graduated from Loughborough University in 2022 with a degree in English, had been working for accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK. She now has a job in marketing in Sydney for gym chain Fitness First.
她说，她的年薪已从42000英镑降至37000英镑，而她现在每月支付2000澳元（1000英镑）与朋友合租一套两居室公寓，与她在伦敦支付的费用相似。
She says her annual salary has gone down from £42,000 to £37,000, while she now pays $AUS 2,000 (£1,000) a month to rent a two-bedroom apartment with a friend, similar to what she was paying in London.
尽管可支配收入减少，她并不后悔。“天气很美，即使在冬天，家门口的散步路线也无与伦比。”
Despite having less disposable income, she has no regrets. "The weather's beautiful, even in the winter, and the walks on my doorstep are unmatched.
“人们想在下午5点下班，好去做自己的爱好——无论是冲浪、跑步、欣赏日落、野餐还是日落瑜伽。我并非以职业发展为重来到这里，更多是为了另一种生活方式。”据英国国家统计局最新数据，约三分之二的英国移民年龄在16至34岁之间。
"People want to leave work at 5pm so they can go and do their hobbies - whether it's surfing, running, enjoying the sunset, a picnic or sunset yoga. I didn't come with career progression as a focus - it's more about the different way of life." Around two-thirds of British nationals who emigrate are aged between 16 and 34, according to the most recent figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics.
该局表示，2025年，该年龄段离开英国的人数比抵达的人数多了75,000人。在澳大利亚之后，美国是英国成年人下一个最受欢迎的目的地。
It said that 75,000 more people in that age bracket left the UK in 2025 than arrived. After Australia the next most popular destination for British adults is the US.
来自柴郡的25岁查理·韦斯特于2024年移居美国，以在学术界获得更好的薪酬和机会，此前他已在牛津大学完成中世纪研究硕士学位。
Charlie West, 25, from Cheshire, moved to the States in 2024 for better pay and opportunities in academia after he completed a masters in medieval studies at Oxford University.
韦斯特目前在耶鲁大学意大利研究系攻读为期六年的资助博士课程，已进行两年，课程包括他承担教学工作。
West is now two years in to a six-year funded PhD course at Yale's Department of Italian Studies, which includes him teaching.
“我真的很想攻读博士学位，但在英国很难获得资助，尤其是在人文学科领域，而资助津贴约为21,000英镑。我得在学术界之外同时工作，才能负担得起生活开支。
"I really wanted to do a PhD but it's difficult to get funding in the UK, particularly in the humanities, and funded stipends are about £21,000. I'd have had to work [outside academia] at the same time to afford to live.
“在美国，我每年拿51,000美元（约合37,770英镑），即将涨至52,000美元，而且还有更多教学和出差参加会议的机会。”欧洲联盟对希望移居海外的年轻英国人来说仍然很受欢迎，尽管脱欧后的签证要求使其更加困难。
"In the US I'm paid $51,000 a year (£37,770), about to rise to $52,000, and it comes with a lot more opportunities to teach and travel to conferences." The European Union also remains popular with young Britons looking to move abroad, although the visa requirements since Brexit have made it more difficult.
进入欧洲就业市场的一种方式是在欧盟学习。国际毕业生在学位结束后可以申请永久居留许可。
One way to get into the European jobs market is to have studied in the EU. International graduates can apply for a permanent residence permit after their degree ends.
来自桑德兰的24岁欧文·艾弗森正是这样做的，他即将从芬兰阿尔托大学获得设计硕士学位。欧文说，他2020年首次访问该国后“爱上了这个国家”。
This is what Owein Iveson, 24, from Sunderland, is doing as he is about to graduate from Finland's Aalto University with a masters in design. Owein says he "fell in love with the country" after visiting for the first time in 2020.
“芬兰是个美丽的国家，”他说。“街道非常干净。生活节奏非常安静。自然风光绝佳，公共交通也非常高效。”奥文居住在埃斯波，该市距离赫尔辛基乘坐地铁约15分钟，他预计短期内不会回到英国。
"Finland's a beautiful country," he says. "The streets are very clean. It's a very quiet lifestyle. The nature is fantastic and the public transport works really efficiently." Owein lives in Espoo, a city about 15 minutes on the metro from Helsinki, and doesn't expect to return to the UK anytime soon.
“老实说，芬兰的就业市场并不理想，但对IT工人的需求很大，如果你能在欧盟范围内工作，机会会多得多。”移民律师约翰·基利说，他总部位于伦敦，是国际律师事务所霍华德·肯尼迪的合伙人，他表示不难理解为何越来越多的英国毕业生将目光投向海外。
"To be honest the jobs market is not great in Finland, but there is high demand for IT workers, and if you can work across the EU there are many more opportunities." Immigration lawyer John Kiely, a London-based partner at international law firm Howard Kennedy, says it is easy to see why more UK graduates are looking overseas.
“当你把学生债务、高昂的住房成本、相对疲软的工资增长以及对未来就业的不确定性结合起来，到别处碰碰运气就变得相当理性了。”回到悉尼，瑞秋表示，这座城市仅就生活质量而言就优于伦敦。
"When you combine student debt, high housing costs, relatively weak wage growth and uncertainty about future employment, the willingness to roll the dice somewhere else becomes quite rational." Back in Sydney, Rachel says the city simply offers a better quality of life than London.
“我不觉得悉尼的生活比在伦敦更昂贵，但就我个人而言，悉尼的优势更好。”
"I don't see life in Sydney as any more expensive than if I was in London, but personally I have found the perks in Sydney better."