The table presents information about university-level academic staff in one country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table presents information about university-level academic staff in one country.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates the changes
number
of university academic staff by nine subjects in 2005 and 2013. Obviously, there
was
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a
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positive trends in almost all
subjects area
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subject areas
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experienced
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increase
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an increase
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in
number
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a number
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of academic staff, but there
also
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was also
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some
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reduced
number
of staff in
two
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the two
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subject
areas. Architecture is the biggest
subject
, changed positively
more
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by more
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than 30% in
eight
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years
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period,
while
the Arts, Business and Medicine increased
more
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than 20%.
For
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Science and Humanities have growth in
slightly
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same range at 10-15%, and have the same
comparation
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comparison
teacher per student,
that is
1:11.
Although
Agriculture and Education experienced a decline
number
of academic
staffs
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staff
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,
but
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the
comparation
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comparison
of
teacher
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teachers
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per student
are
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slightly the same with
Engineering
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the Engineering
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subject
, the lowest additional member among
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the others
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others
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other subjects
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subject
.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words number, subject with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • gender distribution
  • academic staff
  • faculties
  • ratios
  • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
  • dominance
  • balance
  • disparities
  • hiring practices
  • overview
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