The provided charts illustrate the participation of local and international students in research fields at Australian universities in 2001 and 2010, along with a breakdown of research students by gender over the same period.
Looking at the illustrations it is immediately evident that in both tables, international research students are always lower than the locality in both quantity and percentage. For the table chart, the number of local and international research students has rapid growth, especially the number of international students. For the pie chart, local male students achieve the highest percentage in both years.
For the table chart, In 2001, the number of Australian students engaged in research stood at approximately 34,000, which was nearly seven times higher than that of their international counterparts. Over the following decade, the figure for local students experienced a modest increase, reaching around 40,000 in 2010. Meanwhile, the number of international research students saw a threefold rise, climbing to approximately 15,000. Despite this significant growth, the number of international students remained considerably lower than that of local students throughout the period.
For the pie chart, In 2001, the gender distribution among local students was relatively balanced, with males (44%) slightly outnumbering females (43%). However, for international students, a clear gender disparity was observed, with 9% being male and only 4% female. By 2010, the gender gap among local students widened slightly, as the proportion of males dropped to 38%, while females accounted for 35%. Meanwhile, international students experienced a shifting trend, with female enrollment increasing significantly to 15%, surpassing males at 13%, thereby reversing the pattern seen in 2001.