These two pie graphs and the accompanying table compare the percentage of local and international research 
students
 in Australian universities in two specific years (2001 and 2010). These Use synonyms
students
 are Use synonyms
also
 divided by gender.
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Overall
, the amounts of both local and international research Linking Words
students
 increased between 2001 and 2010, substantially tripling for the international Use synonyms
students
 yet going up about 17% for the local ones.
The year 2001 and 2010 showed the same pattern that the local research Use synonyms
students
 were higher than the international ones, about 7 and less than 3 times respectively. The value of local Use synonyms
students
, in terms of percentage, declined from 87 per Use synonyms
cent
 in 2001 to 73 per Use synonyms
cent
 in 2010.
The proportion between males and females of the local Use synonyms
students
 was balanced Use synonyms
while
 the male was significantly higher than the female for the international ones, barely 2 times. Linking Words
In contrast
, there was a factor of 3 per Linking Words
cent
 between international males and females Use synonyms
due to
 the dominance of females. The figures for the local male and female Linking Words
students
 slightly decreased, starting out at the same value of 43 per Use synonyms
cent
 and ending at 39 and 35 per Use synonyms
cent
 respectively.Use synonyms