The two tables provide data on how students were distributed at UK universities ,according to their mode of study and gender.
Overall, it is evident that most postgraduate students have studied part-time, while the number of students who preferred full-time study mode was far less in the beginning. Number of attendance for both genders generally rose throughout the period , with the figure for females being the highest at part-time mode and males for full-time mode.
In terms of details, both female and male postgraduate students suddenly rose in the number for full-time sessions in 1990,peaking at 1,18,675 and 1,15,550 respectively. However, male students were considerably more than female students in the beginning, accounting for 75,370.By the end of the period, as it is observed male students were still standing out with a higher proportion of full-time studies, at 1,51,275.In the same time women reached 1,46,980.
As regards students who were distributed to the part-time study mode, starting with 1,13,961 in 1970 men were noticeably more than women, however then the number of both increased in 1990 and reached their peaks, at 1,38,505 and 1,72,640 in turn. There was a further rise in 2005,so that the female figures became far more for the part-time mode of study.