Cambridge University students 'working as call girls'
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Cambridge University students 'working as call girls'*
By Natalie Paris and agencies
Last Updated: 9:20am BST 10/10/2007
UK - Cambridge University students are working as strippers, prostitutes
and escorts in order to make ends meet, according to the prestigious
establishment's student newspaper.
The university said it read with concern a report in the student weekly
Varsity, that said it had spoken to "cash-strapped" students who found
taking their clothes off a "quick and easy" way to make money.
Dr Rob Wallach, secretary of the university's senior tutors' committee,
said: "I was very concerned to read the report. Senior tutors would want
to do everything they could to give support to students well before any
found themselves in such a situation."
The report also stated that a "plethora" of undergraduates were raising
money by selling essays, which Dr Wallach assured was "strongly
discouraged".
Varsity said it spoke to one student who "admitted" spending her first
year as an undergraduate working as a £50-an-hour call girl.
"I did have a day job at the same time, but it just wasn't paying
enough," she told the newspaper.
"I met other students who did it too. Once you've done it, it is
tempting. If you need quick, easy money, it's there."
Varsity said it found another undergraduate who collected "up to £100
per dance" while working as a stripper.
It said one escort service claimed to have more than 400 Cambridge
students and graduates - charging as much as £300 a date - on its books.
And the newspaper said the practice of selling essays was "widespread"
at the university.