UK: Red-light work a grey area for universities

by E Wayne Ross on May 11, 2009

Time Higher Education: Red-light work a grey area for universities

Stance on staff or student links to sex trade centres on reputation, not welfare, writes Rebecca Attwood

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