Band 7+: The chart shows the number of students in a UK university who completed (on time or late), failed to write, and rewrote their dissertation in 1990, 2000, 2010.

The bar chart compares figures relating to the completion of dissertation projects by students at a university in the UK in 1990, 2000, and 2010.

Overall, it is clear that the majority of students finished their dissertations on time, in all three measured years. It is also worth noting that the number of dissertations completed significantly increased over the period.

In 1990, approximately 150 students submitted their dissertations by the completion deadline, as opposed to around 20 students who completed it late. Meanwhile, just under 50 students failed to write their thesis, while approximately 10 students had to rewrite theirs.

20 years later, the number of dissertations that were completed on time had doubled, to 300, while the number of late submissions had more than doubled, to just under 50. Significantly fewer students failed to write their dissertation, as illustrated by an approximate threefold decline, and the figures for students that rewrote their dissertations rose, to roughly 25 by 2010.