[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Nightline [BULL] Postgrad Union [BULL] Equal Opportunities Officer [PARA]Self-defence classes [ESTAT][PARA]EUSA's Advice Place operates as a drop in centre providing help[PARA][ITAL]of a high standard. [EITAL]The University, however, does have some [PARA]services of its own, including the Legal Dispensary, the Student [PARA]Advisory and Counselling Service (SACS), which employs 9 full [PARA]and 3 part time counsellors, and the Student Health Centre, [PARA]which has 6 doctors, as well as nurses, a psychologist, [PARA]physiotherapist, pharmacist and a family planning unit. Edinburgh[PARA]itself has a large gay and lesbian community,[ITAL] which, although it [PARA]doesn't necessarily make coming out any easier, it means [PARA]there's more to do for those who have done. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Disabled:[EBOLD] [ITAL]The access is inherently restricted by the nature of the [PARA]many old buildings[EITAL], but the University has an advisor and a [PARA]Special Needs committee who, if informed early enough, will do [PARA]everything in their power to meet the needs of individuals, even to [PARA]the point of making some structural changes to buildings. Many [PARA]lecture theatre sdo have loops.[PARA][BOLD]Lesbian and Gay: [EBOLD]The Lesbian and Gay Society recently broke [PARA]up, leaving separate lesbian, gay and bisexual societies. [ITAL]We [PARA]don't know who got custody of the Shirley Bassey albums, [PARA]though.[EITAL][HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú1,250 [BULL] Access fund: ú271,250 [BULL] [PARA]Successful applications (1992): 606[ESTAT][PARA]EUSA can offer a small crisis loan (up to ú100) on a 6 month [PARA]repayment scheme and limited grants are available from the [PARA]University Common Bursaries Fund.[PARA][PARA]
