In the bar chart above, we can observe the level of part-time and full-time further education for males and females in the United Kingdom. The data is from 1970/71 to 1990/91.
From a general standpoint, part-time education is on a steady fall for men whereas full-time education is on the rise. In contrast, both are experiencing a positive change for women, leading to a higher overall number for them.
Delving into specifics, in the 1970s, there were 1000(thousands) males in the uk in part-time further education. Over the next two decades, the value decreased, falling to just above 800(thousand) in the first half and then slowly growing to approximately 900(thousand) in the subsequent one. For full-time education, the picture is much brighter as evidenced by the fact that there has been over a 100% rise in British men uptaking full-time further education, i.e-from 100(thousand) in 1970/71 to over 200(thousand) in 90/91.
However, their growth falters when compared with women. Despite the number of females in both part-time and full-time further education being significantly lower than men in 1970/71, the numbers now are on-par in part-time further education. Even more impressive is the full-time magnitude which has exceeded men by about 100(thousand). For the former, there has been a rise of 400(thousand) between 1970/71 and 1990/91. As for the latter, i.e-full time further education, the increase was 400%, going from 50(thousand) to 200(thousand) in the twenty years, matching the male number in this sector.