The charts below show what UK graduate students who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

The charts below show what UK graduate students who did not go into full-time work did after leaving college in 2008.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.
The bar charts compare the
number
of British graduates and postgraduates doing part-time
work
or voluntary
work
, continuing their studies and even those who were unemployed in 2008.
Overall
, the figure for graduate
students
was significantly higher than that
of
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postgraduates. In both academic groups, the highest
number
of pupils
further
studied for higher education,
whereas
they were less into doing voluntary
work
. In terms of graduate
students
,
further
study accounted for the most popular activity at just under 30000
students
.
In contrast
, fewer individuals volunteered to do voluntary
work
at around one-tenth of the previous activity mentioned.
Moreover
, the figure for part-time workers was roughly equal to that of unemployed ones. As for postgraduates, despite a minimal difference in the
number
of people who participated in part-time jobs and preferred study in 2008, it can be considered they were both equally popular among
this
group (their figure stood at about 2500). Similar to graduate
students
, the lowest
number
of individuals contributed to those who did voluntary
work
.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "further".
Vocabulary: Replace the words number, work, students with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • percentage
  • statistic
  • unemployed
  • voluntary
  • postgraduate
  • part-time work
  • graduate students
  • full-time work
  • enroll
  • higher education
  • alternative career paths
  • trend
  • not engaged in full-time employment
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