Effects of the cuts - NUS: Students turning to prostitution to fund studies

It's laughable that folk have fallen for the 'you don't have to pay for your studies until you've finished' line. True with regard to fees. Not true with regard to rent, food, transport etc etc. Most maintenance loans/grants don't cover the essentials, rent alone can see it gone in a flash. Rising food and transport costs, little in the way of part-time work and no help from mum or dad and frankly your average student is scuppered.

I'll go read the study now bread and butterfly

well yes, cogito, lots of people face financial hardship and have hard choices to make. that's just reinforcing op's point rather than negating it.

She lost her EMA ... therefore she starts turning tricks? Sorry, but that's no-one's decision but her own.

Yes, day to day spending. In that respect, students are no different from anyone else. We all have choices about how to make a living, we're all finding it more difficult in a recession and if some people are making bad choices or opting for illegal means, that's really their decision.

Do you mean 'current spending' like rent, food, books?

that's entirely down to recession, as no pt jobs for the students, and their parents feeling the squeeze and unable to help.

Agree with Winterfox. Students don't have to pay back their loans until they are in jobs paying good wages so those opting to work as prostitutes are obviously doing so to fund current spending.... that's not down to any cuts and is purely a matter of personal morality.

predicatable? don't think so, don't really belive the study either, they must be a bit thick

also students have always done the medical experiement route surely