The bar chart displays the number of men and women in higher education in Britain in three different decades and if they were studying full-time or part-time.
Overall, the number of males pursuing part-time education decreased while the number of females studying part-time increased gradually. Both males and females engaged in full-time education increased over time.
The number of males pursuing further part-time education was exactly a million in 1970/71, the highest number in three decades for men. Then the numbers gradually decreased to around eighty thousand in the next two decades. Men studying full-time further education were comparatively significantly low, amounting to around one hundred thousand students in 1970/71 and 1980/81, which rose to a little more than two hundred thousand students in 1990/91. Both the full-time and part-time further education pursuing women increased gradually. The number of women engaged in full-time further education was just under eight hundred thousand students in 1970/71 and 1980/81, increasing to its highest number, which was above one million students in 1990/91. However, the number of females pursuing full-time education was also significantly low, amounting to less than one hundred thousand students in 1970/71, and increased gradually to around two hundred thousand students in 1980/81 and 1990/91.
