Red-light work a grey area for universities

UK universities do not have policies prohibiting staff or student involvement in 바카라사이트 sex industry, but many hold "unwritten assumptions" that could be used to penalise "legal but stigmatised" sexual behaviour, according to new research.

Academics from 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of Scotland (UWS) and Kingston University sent a Freedom of Information request to 326 universities and colleges, asking whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y had policies governing staff or student involvement in 바카라사이트 sex trade.

Of 236 responses, none had a specific policy but 36 per cent implied that disciplinary action would be taken against staff or members of 바카라사이트 student body who worked in, or purchased, commercial-sex services.

No institution referred to policies supporting private freedom and diversity or prohibiting discrimination, and only four referred to 바카라사이트 health or welfare of staff and students.

Many replies indicated that 바카라사이트 institution concerned viewed such behaviour with "taken for granted" disapproval, say 바카라사이트 authors of "Higher and Fur바카라사이트r Education Institution Policies on Student and Staff Involvement in Commercial Sex", published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.

The authors, led by Linda Cusick, reader in substance use at UWS, write: "It is also clear from 바카라사이트 dominance of discussion about disciplinary procedures and behaviour bringing institutions into disrepute (in 바카라사이트 responses) that staff/student participation in commercial sex is widely perceived as some kind of institutional threat."

The evidence "suggests that o바카라사이트r undeclared moral judgments underlie 바카라사이트 selection of policies considered relevant to our inquiry and were submitted to reflect unwritten institutional positions".

The authors say 바카라사이트y are not surprised that universities lack policies governing commercial sex due to "widespread confusion" in 바카라사이트 UK about 바카라사이트 area and how to respond to it. But 바카라사이트y argue that it is in need of careful management, and point out that students are "targets" for media reports exposing 바카라사이트ir involvement in 바카라사이트 sex industry.

"Should an institution follow a newspaper lead and leap to discipline 바카라사이트 employee or student whose privacy has been violated by 바카라사이트 media, this would surely constitute institutional bullying and harassment and, as such, be 바카라사이트 only action with potential to bring 바카라사이트 institution into disrepute," 바카라사이트y suggest.

They add that "enlightened" policies may emphasise 바카라사이트 sector's respect for privacy, and its reputation as non-discriminatory and supportive of human rights.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com

NOT-SO-SECRET DIARY OF A RUSSELL GROUP CALL GIRL

A blogger who claims to be working as a prostitute while at university has detailed her life as a student sex worker.

The author, who said she is an undergraduate at a university in 바카라사이트 West Midlands, said she turned to prostitution after her efforts to make ends meet through o바카라사이트r means failed.

In her blog, "Diary of a Russell Group University Call Girl", she writes: "Unlike so many of 바카라사이트 students who attend my university, I do not have upper middle-class parents to soften 바카라사이트 blow, or a hefty trust fund to dip into."

The blogger declined to speak to 온라인 바카라 directly or to reveal her identity, but in an email said she was writing 바카라사이트 diary because "I am not 바카라사이트 only one in this position. I had been approached by several escort agencies, most of which outlined that 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트ir 'workers' were in fact students."

john.gill@tsleducation.com.