[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]W3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Creche [BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [BULL] Mature SA [BULL] Minibus [BULL] Women's Officer [BULL] Self-defence classes [ESTAT][PARA]Student Services employs 3 counsellors and the SU Welfare Unit does touring surgeries around the sites. For health provisions, there are doctor's surgeries nurse on each site. Also an Aids Awareness worker jointly funded by [ULNE]Sussex University[EULNE]. [ITAL]Drugs (particularly cannabis and ecstasy) are especially prevalent locally. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Lesbian, gay and bisexual: [EBOLD]Brighton offers all sorts of entertainments and facilities specially geared to the large gay community. In fact, since long before male homosexuality was legalised, Brighton has been a gathering point for people of all sexual orientations, [ITAL]but isn't quite a haven from homophobia.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Disabled: [EBOLD][ITAL]Facilities are pretty feeble[EITAL] - just about the only provisions are for hearing impaired students who can apply for special rooms in halls. The University insists the situation is improving and have recently provided 6 specially designed rooms.[HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú800 [BULL] Access fund: ú236,223 [BULL] Successful applications (1992): 1344[ESTAT][PARA]There is a scholarship for 1 South African student each year and a generally sympathetic attitude to overseas students' financial problems. The average debt by the ned of a course is ú1,300.[PARA][PARA]
