The charts illustrate the percentages of local and international research-conducting students in Australian universities in a 9-year difference. Overall, it is clear that the total amount of researchers has increased by more than 16,000 students from 2001 until 2010.
Firslty, it is notable that the majority of experiments conducted are fom local students, with them taking up 87% and 73% respectively of the total number in 2001 and 2010. The total amount has risen by 6,000 students and the ratio of male to female researchers range close to each other in both years.
Secondly, non-local researchers have nearly tripled in amount during the time, expanding from a small minority of 5,192 to reaching just under 14,593 by 2010. Lastly international papers were mostly from males in 2001 (9%); however by 2010, 15% of international females took part in investigations and only 12% of men were conducting researches.
