The given illustrator describes the number of students in Britain who pursued higher education in both genders throughout three main periods.
Overall, in all the surveyed periods, the number of part-time pupils always take up higher numbers than that of full-time. Notably, at the beginning, the number of recorded men was higher in both fields compared to their female counterparts. However, the number of female students surpassed that of male students at the end.
Looking at the charts for full-time education in both genders, an ongoing trend could be seen in the number of male students, with its figure starting at around 150 thousand students, after which it continued to grow until it finally reached a peak of 240 thousand. The number of female pupils began at nearly 100 thousand, then it sky-rocketed to 225 thousand, before ending the period at the same figure as their male counterparts. This was also the most significant change in the whole chart, with the figure at the end witnessing an increase of nearly threefold since the beginning.
Regarding the part-time area, the data for men started with the highest figure of 1000 thousand students, after which it hit a trough of 850 thousand before bouncing back to around 900 thousand in the end. The figures for female students started at 770 thousand, after which it continued to grow before it experienced a dramatic increase to 1150 thousand students and ended the period at the highest value, exceeding the number of male students at the same period.