The chart below shows the number of man and women in further education in Britain in three periods and whether they were studying full-time or part-time.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where rel

The chart compares the population of male and female students in Britain attending higher education whether they were enrolled in full-time or part-time study in three periods of time. Overall, it is clear that there are more students (men and women) studying part-time than those studying full-time. It is also seen that the pattern for men and women engaged in full-time and part-time study shows an increasing trend in the three periods shown except for men studying part-time.

It can be seen that there were more men studying part-time than women in Britain in the first two periods. The highest figure for men studying part-time was recorded in the first period (1970/71) at one million. In the same period, the number for women engaged in part-time education stood at approximately 775,000, the lowest number seen for women doing part-time study in the three periods. While the population of men enrolled in part-time education dropped in the second period (1980/81), the number of women increased by about 25,000 students. Despite the increase in the figures for both genders studying part-time in the last period (1990/91), the figures for women grew significantly to 1.1 million surpassing the recorded number of men in the first period.

On the other hand, the population of full-time students in Britain falls way behind those students studying part-time. The lowest number of men and women studying full-time can be seen in the first period with figures of about 100,000 men and about 50,000 women. These numbers increased in the second period; however, the figures for women tripled surpassing the population of their male counterparts. In the third period, the number of men and women studying full-time became equal with figures just above 200, 000.