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THE BAR CHART BELOW GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE AT A UK university between 2010 and 2012. Summarise the info by selecting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.

THE BAR CHART BELOW GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING COMPUTER SCIENCE AT A UK university between 2010 and 2012. Summarise the info by selecting the main features, and making comparisons where relevant.
The bar charts illustrate the number of
British
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 and international
students
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 studying computer science at a UK university from 2010 to 2012, broken down by gender.
Overall
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,
British
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students
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 consistently outnumbered international
students
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 in both gender groups, especially among
women
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.
Although
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 male
students
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 outnumbered female
students
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overall
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, the difference between
British
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 and international
males
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 was narrower than that of females. In 2010, there were approximately 39
British
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 male
students
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 compared to 20 international
males
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. The gap narrowed significantly in 2011, as
British
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males
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 dropped to 24,
while
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 international
males
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 increased slightly. By 2012, both groups saw a sharp rise, with
British
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males
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 reaching 43 and international
males
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 close behind at 39—the highest figures across the period. Regarding female
students
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,
British
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women
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 consistently outnumbered their international counterparts each year. In 2010, around 31
British
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women
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 were enrolled, nearly twice as many as international
women
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.
This
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 figure rose sharply to 44 in 2011 and remained stable in 2012. Meanwhile, the number of international female
students
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 grew steadily from roughly 16 in 2010 to 18 in 2012.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words british, students, women, males with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • trend
  • breakdown
  • increase
  • decrease
  • stable
  • spike
  • drop
  • percentage change
  • overall
  • noteworthy
  • observations
  • main features
  • comparison
  • relevant
  • highlight
  • significant
  • summarize
  • gender analysis
  • male students
  • female students
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