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The table and pie charts below show the number of research students in Australian universities in 2001 and 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table and pie charts below show the number of research students in Australian universities in 2001 and 2010.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given table and pie charts depict the
quantity
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 of
undergraduates
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 doing research in Australian universities in 2 different years, 2001 and 2010.
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, it is evident that there was a sharp increase in the number of total research
students
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 in 2010.
Furthermore
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, the proportion of non-local
undergraduates
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 rose steadily
while
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 that of local
students
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 decreased
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 the same degree, despite growing in
the
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quantity. As can be seen from the table chart, the total number of research
students
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 soared from 38,849 to 54,081,
which
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because of the growth in the quantity of local and international
undergraduates
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. To be more precise, the data of the former
group
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 recorded
at
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33,657 in 2001 and climbed to 39,488
students
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,
while
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that
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 figure of the latter
group
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 underwent a nearly three-fold increase, from 5,192 to 14,583. Turning to the pie chart, it is worth noting that the percentage of male and female
students
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 is similar, 53% and 47% in 2001, 50% and 50% in 2010 respectively. In 2001, the proportion of non-local
undergraduates
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 took up just over one-tenth,
whereas
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 the local
group
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 contributed at 87%. Despite a roughly two-fold rise, the percentage of international
students
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 still accounted for a much lower data compared to the remaining
group
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, 27% and 73% respectively.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words undergraduates, students, group with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "charts" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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