IELTS Writing task 1: education in Britain This bar chart indicates the number of male and female students in Britain in three periods, specifying if they were studying part-time or full-time. We can see that the number of men studying part-time in further education fluctuates, whereas the number of women shows an upward trend. As a matter of fact, 1970/71 was the period in which the greatest number of men was studying, approximately 1000 thousand, whereas in 1980/81 and in 1990/91 it was measured that the number was included between 800 and 900 thousand. As far as women are concerned, the graph tells us that in 1970/71 female students in Britain who were studying part-time were about 750 thousand. The amount then increased up to a bit more than 800 thousand in 1980/81 and it reached 1100 thousand in the following decade. When it comes to people who studied full-time, this chart reveals that numbers are far lower than the ones related to part-time students. The amount men and women followed a similiar trend: both numbers passed from 50 or 100 thousand to 250 thousand in this span of time.