A University in England is advertising an unusual research post - with the successful applicant to study lap dancing.

Leeds University is to pay £31 513 (R386 012) a year to the person who secures the government-funded position, reports ananova.com.

A portion of the advertisement reads as follows: "Research Officer — The rise and regulation of lap dancing and the place of sexual labour and consumption in the night time economy".

The study aims to discover who typically becomes lap dancers and will also delve into the working conditions of the profession. Some 300 lap dancers will be interviewed.

Applicants need "prior experience of conducting research in the female sex industry".

Susie Squire, political director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, was not amused by the post.

"This is the ultimate non-job and will both anger and bemuse taxpayers," she said.

"It may be a dream job for some men, but it's just another nightmare of public sector waste for the ordinary people who pay for it."

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