[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]W1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Creche [BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [BULL] Mature SA [BULL] [PARA]Overseas SA [BULL] Postgrad SA [BULL] Women's minibus [BULL] [PARA]Women's Officer [BULL] Self-defence classes [ESTAT][PARA]The Student Services Department provides advice and [PARA]counselling for students with all sorts of problems. It employs 6 [PARA]counsellors. The SU is [ITAL]very eager[EITAL] to help with a range of issues,[PARA]although it has no professional counsellors so concentrates on [PARA]financial, legal and academic advice and representation. There [PARA]are medical centres at both campuses, staffed by nurses, [PARA]offering GPs and family planning.[PARA][BOLD]Women and ethnic minorities: [EBOLD]UEL has a crusading equal [PARA]opportunities policy, reflected in the high proportion of students [PARA]from ethnic minorities and the (almost) equal gender balance. [ITAL][PARA]This is particualrly important as the local area is seething with [PARA]racial and social tensions. [EITAL]There is a [ITAL]strong [EITAL]Women's Unit run [PARA]by the SU and the student Women's Officer is a sabbatical position.[PARA][BOLD]Disabled: [EBOLD]The University employs a disability advisor and provides[ITAL][PARA]fairly good access.[EITAL] New accommodation takes students' [PARA]disabilities into account. In the largest library there are 2 [PARA]Arkenstone readers for the sight-impaired and Minicom [PARA]equipment for the hearing-impaired.[HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú1,000 [BULL] Access fund: ú249,205 [BULL] [PARA]Successful applications (1992): 724[ESTAT][PARA]There are 7 scholarships for part-time unwaged students, as well[PARA]as partial fee remission schemes[PARA][PARA]
