The table below gives information about student enrolments at Bristol University in 1928, 1958 and 2008.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table below compares the student admissions according a variety of categories at Bristol University in 1928, 1958 and 2008. It can be clearly seen that over this span of 80 years the percentage of students accepted from within 30 miles of Bristol fell from 50% to 1-2%, while the total number of the students acceptances rose about 30 times (from 218 to 6377).
According to the data described on the table, in 1928 the amount of male students who were enrolled outnumbered their female counterparts by 58% to 42%. In 1958 this figure was also in favour of males (68% for males against 32% for ...
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