Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Sex for tuition fees: Are universities just refusing to face up to the facts?

Student sex work could be contributing hundreds of millions of pounds a year towards the higher education economy, according to researchers who claim that institutions are more concerned about preserving their image than investigating the issue.

The first academic study of its kind suggests that as many as 6 per cent of students could now be employed in part-time sex work such as pole or lap dancing, stripping, escorting or prostitution to help fund their studies.

Based on the results of a questionnaire completed by 200 students at 29 UK institutions, academics from the universities of Kingston and Leeds investigated the links between health, sexual abuse history and financial circumstances. Their research, published in the journal Sex Education, found that the “higher education economy” could be gaining up to £355m a year (an average of £2.15m per institution) from the sex industry.

The researchers claimed their work had been delayed because of concerns raised before receiving “ethical clearance” to conduct the study. They blamed a reluctance by academic management to sanction investigations into student sex work. Full story...

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