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 data presented in the bar charts pertains to the post-graduation outcomes of British university

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in 2008, excluding those entering full-time employment.

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, a majority of

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indicated a preference for furthering their education at an advanced level,

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a minority opted to engage in volunteer work.

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with, close to 30,000 individuals were selected for

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scrutiny after specifying their highest aspiration.

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, part-time employment emerged as the second most common choice, with roughly 17,000 selecting

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option, followed by around 16,000 choosing unemployment as their preferred outcome. The least preferred option among

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was voluntary work, chosen by 3,500.

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, more than 2,500 postgraduates pursued additional education and engaged in part-time employment, with each figure of 2,535 and 2,724, respectively.

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, over 1,500 pupils were neither employed nor enrolled in

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studies.

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, a small fraction of

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, specifically fewer than 500, decided to volunteer.