Students 'working as prostitutes'

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The report - in Cambridge University student newspaper Varsity - also said a "plethora" of undergraduates were raising money by selling essays.

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."

And he said the university "strongly discouraged" students from selling essays.

Varsity said it spoke to one student who "admitted" spending her first year 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 "cash-strapped" 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.