[HDNG]SERVICES:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]W2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Nurseries [BULL] Nightline [BULL] Lesbian and Gay Society [BULL] Mature SA [BULL] Overseas SA [BULL] Women's Officer [BULL] Self-defence classes [ESTAT][PARA]There is a University-run counselling service with 5 [ITAL]helpful [EITAL]counsellors. The Union provides a solicitor, a welfare sabbatical and 2 full time welfare officers.[PARA][BOLD]Women: [EBOLD]Free rape alarms are provided by the Union.[PARA][BOLD]Disabled: [EBOLD][ITAL]Access is excellent in Stoke, and in Stafford it's vastly improved (new lifts, etc).[EITAL] There are 16 rooms adapted for mobility-impaired students, 12 rooms fitted with trembler alarms for hearing-impaired students and every reception area has minicom phones. Main lecture theatres have induction loops and there's a portable loop for smaller rooms. The University and students were the 1st to operate a volunteer scheme to provide non-medical care for students with disabilities.[HDNG]FINANCE:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] Ave debt per year: ú550 [BULL] Access fund: ú180000 [BULL] Successful applications (1992): 172[ESTAT][PARA][PARA]
