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