Band 6+: The chart below shows the number of men and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying fulltime or part-time. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart shows the amount of men and women in higher education in Britain spread out over three decades and if they were pursuing fulltime studies or studying part-time.

For men, we can see that part-time students were around a thousand in number in 1970/71, which decreased noticeably in 1980/81, before recvering slightly to around 900 in 1990/91. Fulltime male students followed a more linear trend in terms of their numbers, starting off at under 100 students, to 200 students in 1990/91.

For women, we can see a consistent increase in part-time students. In 1970/71, the number of part-time females was under 800, which increased in 1980/81 and showed significant growth to over a thousand students in 1990/91. The same trend can be observed for women that chose to pursue their education full time, albeit with a more flattened growth pattern

Overall, from the data we can see that female students showed a more linear increase in numbers over the years as compared to their male counterparts, at least for part-time studies.