Students are being targeted on social media by escort agencies offering highly paid work . Freshers on Facebook and Twitter are increasingly being sent messages by groups looking for lap dancers , escorts and 'cam girls ' . The adverts come as the average student debt rises to £44,000 following the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees in 2012 . Lap dancing can earn students between £50 and £800 per night , according to research by the University of Leeds . Escorts can earn thousands of pounds per week . Saffron Gold is an escort agency near Manchester . It posted adverts in student groups including ‘ Manchester and Salford University students ’ and ‘ University of Manchester – Freshers 2013/2014 ’ at the beginning of Freshers ' Week . Men are more likely to perform from their bedrooms on webcams , which can earn them up to £100 per hour , The Times reported . Saffron Gold is an escort agency near Manchester . It posted adverts in student groups including ‘ Manchester and Salford University students ’ and ‘ University of Manchester – Freshers 2013/2014 ’ at the beginning of Freshers ' Week . The agency , which has a profile picture reading 'keep calm and book an escort ' , described their roles as flexible and said it was looking for 'attractive , charming ladies aged between 18 and 40 with good figures and great personalities ' . It added : 'We are happy for ladies with different profiles to apply for our escort vacancies because all our clients are not the same and they have different needs and preferences . ' In an earlier advert Saffron Gold wrote it was looking for 'new and experienced ' girls . Twitter users in East Anglia were also targeted by an agency that sent dozens of messages urging students to join them . Anglian Escorts followed thousands of students in 2012 in the hope they would see its recruitment adverts . The life of an escort was made public by Dr Brooke Magnanti , 39 , whose diary of her adventures was published anonymously under the pen name 'Belle de Jour ' Its account was suspended - but it has since been reactivated and hundreds of messages are sent every day . In one Tweet the agency wrote : 'Looking to employ # escorts in East Anglia apply here ! Premium escort agency . ' A report completed at the University of Leeds found that club managers also deliberately put flyers out in Freshers ' Week urging students to join . It said : ' A club manager in a northern city site explained how he always put flyers out at Freshers ' Week inviting female students to audition . ' London-based agency Haute Girls specifically advertises having students on its books . It states on its website : 'Faced with the options of poorly paid term time jobs and more lucrative escorting , a cash-strapped London student may turn to the later , especially when escorting gives them the extra time and flexibility to study . ' The life of an escort was made public by Dr Brooke Magnanti , 39 , whose diary of her adventures was published anonymously under the pen name 'Belle de Jour ' . Her blog told of her life as a struggling graduate in London and working as call girl to fund her studies . Laura Watson , a spokesman for the English Collective of Prostitutes , said they mostly deal with female students on their hotlines . She said : 'From a student perspective there has definitely been an increase in calls to our helpline since loans were brought in . ' Academics at Swansea University will release a report on the extent of students turning to the sex industry next week .
Escort agency posted in student groups on Facebook in Freshers ' Week . Others followed young people on Twitter and posted recruitment adverts . Lap dancing can earn students up to £800 per night , according to research . Male students more likely to perform from their bedrooms on webcams .