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.

The given bar chart compares the

number

of male and female

students

who attended

further

education in the UK, and whether they chose full-time or part-time study over a 20-year period.

Overall

, studying full-time was the most dominant option for both genders

although

more

students

decided to study part-time over the years.

In addition

, the

number

of women who received higher education experienced a substantial increase. Concerning the figures for part-time studies, there were around 100

thousand

male

students

studying part-time at the start of the period, doubling their female counterparts.

This

number

grew steadily to more than 200

thousand

in the years 1990 and 1991. In comparison, the sum of part-time female

students

escalated from 50

thousand

in 1970/71 to almost 200

thousand

in 1980/81, and finishing at the same level as males a decade later. For the full-time

students

, the

number

of men was about 1000

thousand

from the beginning, being more than the females by approximately 250

thousand

.

However

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males fluctuated considerably throughout the years and reached 900

thousand

at the end

of the period.

In contrast

, full-time female scholars demonstrated a significant increase in two decades, overtaking the

man

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by 1990/91 (1100

thousands

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).