An advice service with a stand at Brighton University fresher’s fair says that one in six students either does sex work or is thinking about doing so

A university has been accused of encouraging its students into prostitution after hosting a stand at its freshers’ fair advising new undergraduates how to be sex workers.

Alongside the hockey team and Amnesty International, the freshers’ fair at Brighton University last week also included a stand run by the Sex Workers’ Outreach Project (Swop) Sussex, which calls itself an “advocacy” and advice service “representing student sex workers”.

Swop tweeted last week: “1 in 6 students does sex work or thinks about turning to sex work. We can help.”

The group publishes leaflets offering tips on how to be a prostitute, reassuring those who are considering it: “You cannot be prosecuted for just selling sex . . . it is not illegal to work as an