The table and pie charts given compares the engagement of local and international student based on the number of research students in Australian universities in two years: 2001 and 2010.
Looking at the illustration, it is immediately evident that it is clear that there were considerable increases in the number of local and international researchpupils throughout the period. In addition, as can be seen from the pie charts, local male record the highest figure in both years whereas non-local females took the lion’s share of the total figure of students.
In 2001, approximately 34,000 Australian students engaged in research, nearly seven times the figure for their international counterparts. For the following 10 years, the number of local students grew modestly to roughly 40,000 students. Even though a threefold increase to around 15,000 international students was recorded in the participation in research majors, this figure was far lower than that of local students in 2010. Additionally, the total number of research students experienced a significant increase of around 15,200 students, rising from 38,849 in 2001 to 54,081 in 2010, marking a growth of approximately 39%.
Likewise, In 2001, local students accounted for the largest proportion, making up 87% of the total research students, including both local males and females, followed by their international counterparts, who accounted for the remaining 13%, with 9% being male and 4% female. By 2010, local male had the percentage of 38%, which was roughly 3% higher than that of local female. Meanwhile, non-local female and male make up 15% and 12% of the total international students.