The chart above shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time.

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of males and females engaged in

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the course of 30 years. It shows whether they were studying full-time or part-time and is divided into three periods.

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, the

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of men and

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studying part-time outnumbered those studying full-time by a significant margin.

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both modes were relatively similar regardless of

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, there was some variance, especially in

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1990, when the

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studying part-time increased substantially. With regard to full-time education, male students approximately doubled from around 100,000 in 1970 to over 200,000 by the end of 1991. For

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, the trajectory was less consistent, rising sharply in the first decade and

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tapering off to an almost identical level to that of men in the 1990s. The

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of males engaged in part-time study fluctuated, dipping from one million to 900,000 over three decades. Meanwhile, the

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study steadily increased from nearly 800,000 in 1970 to above a million in 1991. Needless to say, the

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of

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who took part in part-time

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education surpassed that of men in 1991.