The world's first international sex school has opened which claims to teach its students how to be better lovers.

But far from being a cheap thrill, one term at the "hands on" International Sex School in Vienna will cost pupils £1,400.

Swedish-born "headmistress" Ylva-Maria Thompson says anyone over the age of 16 can enroll at what she describes as "the world's first college of applied sexuality".

Students live in a mixed sex dormitory block where they're expected to practise their homework.

"Our core education is not theoretical, but very practical. The emphasis is on how to be a better lover", the new school head added.

"Sexual positions, caressing techniques, anatomical features. And we teach people hands on."

Thompson is better known for her art exhibitions, including one which displayed 100 casts of Swedish women's genitals.

Raunchy adverts for the school showing a couple making love have already been banned by Austrian TV.

"This is wrapped up in a very stylish way but it is just selling sex," one protestor commented.