The graph provides information about the number of four types of students in the UK in 1990, 1998 and 2005. From an overall perspective, it can be seen that the number of full-time female students significantly grew throughout timeline and became most dominant among the four types of students, whereas the number of part-time male students is expected to be lowest.
In 1990, the number of full-time male students was in first place with nearly 200,000 students while the number of part-time female students reached approximately 100,000 students. In contrast, the number of full-time male students dramatically increased to around 300,000 students at the same time, the number of part-time female students doubled to 200,000 in 1998. Moreover, the number of full-time male students and part-time female students were separated by just about 800,000 students.
Furthermore, the number of full-time female students overtook the number of part-time male students with a difference of around 20,000 students (roughly 150,000 vs..170,000 in 1990).There was a sharp decline in the number of part-time male students in 1998 (almost 100,000). Compared to the number of part-time male students, the number of full-time female students displayed a rise to close to 200,000 students.The number of full-time female students reached a peak at around 800,000 students. Similarly, the number of part-time male students showed slight increase to more or less 680,000 students.