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

The bar chart illustrates the

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of males and females enrolled in higher education in Britain,

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full-time and part-time studies, during the past 21 years.

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, it is clear from the graph that the

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of

men

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and

women

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studying part-time increased.

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the figures for

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in part-time education rose, it was not true for

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that they dropped. Regarding the full-time students, beginning at roughly 1 million at the start of the period, the

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of

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declined significantly to over 800,000 after 10 years, after which it experienced a slight rise of almost 850,000 in 1991. Meanwhile, the figures for

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increased sharply from approximately 700,000 to around 800,000, reaching a peak of over 1 million

at the end

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of the period. With the

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of students engaging in part-time education,

men

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's numbers underwent a steady climb from around 100 to under 200 after 21 years. For

women

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, there were approximately 50,000 of them in 1970, but these numbers rose significantly to 200,000 in 1980, after experiencing a gradual rise in 1991.