The provided tables provide information about postgraduate learners at UK universities by mode of study and gender.
At a glance, students that were enrolled in part-time studies are more than those that that were engaged in full-time courses. In addition, it can be noted that, the number of admissions in the universities have been increasing drastically over the given period.
In details, male students admitted in the academic year 1996/97 for full-time courses were 75,370, however, this mode of study became popular and the numbers went up to 151,275 coursetakers in the academic year 2009/10. The UK universities admitted 113, 961 male students for part-time modules, nevertheless, the numbers kept fluctuating throughout the period in question.
For female admissions, the institutions received 62,344 learners for full-time courses and 108,702, for part-time sessions, nonetheless, both courses continued to attract more ladies and the admissions rose up drammatically in the subsequent academic years to 146,980 and 163,340 respectively.