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The tables below show the distribution of students at UK universities by mode of study and gender. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The tables below show the distribution of students at UK universities by mode of study and gender. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The tables illustrate the
number
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 of male and female postgraduate
students
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 in UK universities by mode of
study
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, namely full-time and part-time, between 1996/97 and 2009/10.
Overall
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, both genders experienced a steady increase in the
number
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 of full-time
students
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,
while
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 part-time enrolments fluctuated.
Additionally
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, part-time
study
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 consistently attracted more
students
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 than full-time
study
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,
although
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 the gap between the two modes narrowed over time. Female
students
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 outnumbered males in postgraduate enrolments in all given years. For male postgraduate
students
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, the
number
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 of full-time learners rose significantly from 75,370 in 1996/97 to 1,51,275 in 2009/10.
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, the figures for part-time
students
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 fluctuated. Starting at 1,13,961 in 1996/97, the
number
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 grew to 1,38,505 in 2005/06 before dropping to 1,17,105 by 2009/10, only slightly above the initial level.
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, female postgraduate
students
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 recorded growth in full-time
study
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, from 62,344 in 1996/97 to 1,46,980 in 2009/10. The
number
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 of women studying part-time was consistently higher than that of men, starting at 1,08,702 in 1996/97 and peaking at 1,72,640 in 2005/06, before falling to 1,63,340 by 2009/10. Despite
this
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 decline, the figure remained substantially higher than that for male part-time
students
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.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, students, study 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 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuated" was used 2 times.
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