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Student sex work: governmentality in higher education and silence as a technology of power

Julia L. Lancaster, Tracey Sagar

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 509 - 523

Swansea University Author: Tracey Sagar

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/1360080x.2025.2461810

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This article draws on interviews with student support service providers in the United Kingdom and United States of America to illustrate conflict between university values such as equality, diversity and inclusivity and the lack of protections and support afforded to students engaged in sex work. Ut...

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Published in: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
ISSN: 1360-080X 1469-9508
Published: Informa UK Limited 2025
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