The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying fulltime or part-time. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart below represents the number, in thousands, of males and females in tertiary study in Britain between the 1970s - 1991s era and whether they pursued it full-time or part-time.

Overall

, the majority of both men and women completed their tertiary learning part-time rather than full-time. Men had the highest number at the start of the cycle

while

women had the highest

at the end

of the season. In 1970/71, 1000

thousand

males attended higher learning part-time compared to 100

thousand

who completed it full-time. There was a drop in the 1980/81 period with almost 850

thousand

men completing part-time

whereas

a little over 100

thousand

finished it full-time.

Then

, a slight increase was shown in 1990/91 with just above 900

thousand

males taking part-time and over 200

thousand

full-timers. Females had a slow start with under 800

thousand

finishing higher learning part-time as compared to the 50

thousand

full-time in 1970/71. From 1980/81, there was a steady increase of 800

thousand

women doing part-time and 200

thousand

full-time. The 1990/91 had a spike increase of females in tertiary training almost close to 1200

thousand

part-time and 200

thousand

full-time.