[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [ESTAT][PARA]OUSA offers some advisers, and there are full-time senior [PARA]counsellors at the 13 regional centres.[HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Access fund: ú2,000,000 [BULL] Successful applications (1992): [PARA]13,000[ESTAT][PARA]Local authorities don't have to provide grants for OU students, [PARA]though that doesn't stop them applying, but students wanting to [PARA]take OU degrees often have to fork out about ú500 a year in fees[PARA]themselves. Many turn to their employers who often look on it as[PARA]an investment, some take out loans (government student loans [PARA]aren't available). The University Admissions Office sometimes [PARA]offers some limited assistance packages and OUSA runs a trust[PARA]called OUSET, which had ú60,000 to distribute last year.
