Are universities ready to face the realities of student work?
2023-03-06
elrond
Universities need to wise up to when students are doing work that’s dodgy, unfair, or risky. That could be in pubs, shops, or other casual jobs – and it could be in sex work. The myth of student sex work is that it’s only done by 19-year-old students who want a sugar daddy to buy them fancy stuff – not a parent-student who’s taking a well-paid and flexible job in bet .....
Nordic Model Now! delivers Leicester ‘Student Sex Work’ petition
2022-01-23
elrond
The Nordic Model Now, a group of ill informed protagonists delivered a list of signatures to Leicester University. Leicester University had made the mistake of advising those students who participate in sex work on their rights and how to be save. They also advised staf on how to approach sex workers. All very well intentioned, but not what the Nordic Model Now campaign wants to here. .....
The Left (Morning Start) gets it wrong with escorts and universities
2021-11-19
elrond
LAST week Diane Abbott MP tweeted about the “sex worker” training that Durham University was offering its students. Her detractors were soon out in hordes insisting that “sex work” just needs to be made safe and she is simply not progressive enough to understand.
The Universites are being positive in providing saftey advice. No one denies that selling sexual serv .....
Only 3 Russell Group universities have policies in place to support student escorts
2021-11-19
elrond
Durham, Newcastle and Manchester are the only Russell Group universities that have policies in place to support their students who work in the sex industry. There is an estimate that there are 214,200 student sex workers. That does sound high to me, but not all those student sex workers would be student escorts.
It is a pity that other Universities do not provide advice to those who are sex .....
Leicester dominatrix has been cleared of drugs smuggling.
2021-11-13
elrond
Leicester dominatrix has was caught at Gatwick airport with 1KG of cocaine in her bag. She denied knowing it was in her hand luggage, saying it had been planted on her. Before leaving the airport in Antigua she became intoxicated, and at that time the Cocaine was slipped into her hand luggage. She was cleared of smuggling Cocaine at Southwark .....
University Trains Students to Be 'Sex Workers', a 'Green Light for Abusers and Exploiters'
2021-10-27
elrond
The headline
A university in the United Kingdom has come under fire for its online "toolkit" which critics have called out as a guide for students to make money by creating their own pornography.
No this is not the case. This university, Leicester, knows that some students are sex workers, strippers, full service or video. This university has done much research into sex .....
Desperate students turn to sex and OnlyFans after lockdown kills pub and shop jobs
2021-04-11
elrond
Desperate students selling sex to make ends meet are behind a surge of pleas for help to the “prostitutes’ union”.
The English Collective of Prostitutes said calls to its helpline from young people at university and college have risen by a third in 2021.
And the campaigning group has seen a surge in the numbers selling sex since lockdowns sent student finances into fre .....
University gives advice to students on how to juggle SEX WORK with lectures
2021-03-20
elrond
The University of Leicester has published a leaflet on sex working students. The intention to provide advice to lecturers and other students. The aim is to destigmatise those selling sexual services so that they are not bullied. Many students selling sex have found difficulty in their education when the tutors and other students find out. They may be bullied by other students. Tutors have been kn .....
Student sex workers 'must be supported by university staff'
2021-01-05
elrond
The University of Leicester is requiring all its staff support any students who turn to prostitution and other sex work to fund their studies.
Two years since the cap on university tuition fees was removed, more students are turning to a variety of adult jobs to help them get by.
The policy also requires all university staff to support any student sex workers being harassed on campus fo .....