[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]W1[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Creche [BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [BULL] Mature SA [BULL] [PARA]Overseas SA [BULL] Minibus [BULL] Women's Officer [ESTAT][PARA]The Union assumes the responsibility of providing the greatest [PARA]part of student welfare services employing 2 counsellors in its [PARA]Student Advice Centre. See also [ULNE]University of Manchester[EULNE].[PARA][BOLD]Women:[EBOLD] Women are outnumbered, as is often in techno-type [PARA]places. The Institute is anxious to do something about this [PARA]imbalance,[ITAL] but, frankly, we don't blame women who are slow to [PARA]apply here[EITAL]. [ITAL] As a male stronghold, it is sexist only to the extent [PARA]that it isn't accustomed to that strange breed - females - rather [PARA]than because of any genuine malice.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Disabled: [EBOLD]Disabled students are encouraged to contact the [PARA]Institute before applying to assess whether 'special [PARA]arrangements need to be made'. They also hasten to point out [PARA]that in some of their buildings 'difficulties may arise'. [ITAL]In fact, the [PARA]provisions are considerably better than average, including those [PARA]for the visually-impaired, so, if everything else is a-okay, it's worth[PARA]trying them for size.[EITAL][HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú600 [BULL] Access fund: ú150,000 [BULL] [PARA]Successful applications (1992): 740[ESTAT][PARA]The Union employs an adviser who points students in the right [PARA]direction with financial problems (as well as housing and some [PARA]other welfare matters).[PARA][PARA]
