The tables delineate the number of students in UK, categorized by mode of studying and gender.
Overall, the data reveals that male postgraduate students were dominant in studying for both full-time and part-time learning. But after a while, female students started to outperform men in distribution of students, who are studying in UK university, espessially in part-time mode.
It is evident that men were the largest contributors in 1996/97 and 2000/01 for studying in full-time mode, representing 75.370 and 87.070, respectively. In contrast, women had smaller number and comprised 62.344 and 85.215, respectively. However, the reverse trend was observed in next years, where females started showing an upward trend, so in 2005/06 male students accounted for 115.550, whereas women had 118.675 learners in full-time mode. It is also noteworthy that in 2009/10 the number of male students is shown to be higher than women, contributing 151.275 and 146.980, respectively.
The same trend was observed for part-time studying mode, when males were dominant in number of students in 1996/97, making up 113.961, whilst the opposite gender had 108.702 learners. Starting from 2000/01 female students were outperforming men with 108.770 men learners and 125.855 women, and 138.505 male pupils and 172.640 female students. as for the 2009/10 women were constituting 163.340 pupils far exceeding men (117.105).