The charts below show what UK graduate and postgraduate students who did not go into full time work did after leaving college in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two graphs below compare activities undertaken by

graduates

and postgraduates who were in full-time employment in the UK in the year 2008. Generally, there was a huge difference between the two categories. But, most

graduates

and postgraduates engaged in

further

studies with

graduates

having the biggest numbers,

this

was followed by part-time

work

.

However

, a small number of the

graduates

also

participated in voluntary

work

.

First,

it is depicted that 29,665

of

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students who left college continued studying to extend

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their knowledge.

This

was followed by 17, 735 school leavers applying for part-time jobs. Interestingly, a large number remained unemployed (15,235), and a few decided to do voluntary roles (3,500).

In contrast

, postgraduate students enrolling in higher education were not as high as

graduates

, with only 2,720.

Furthermore

, those in part-time employment and unpaid

work

were only 2,535 and 345 respectively. Postgraduates who did not

work

accounted for 1,625 in that year.