It all started in 2000, when members of the Rylstone Women’s Institute stripped off for a calendar to raise money for charity. Since then, we’ve seen vet students, bin men and gardeners bare all to raise cash for worthy causes.

Now, male employees at one college are following (birthday) suit by producing their own naked calendar to raise awareness about prostate cancer.

The male staff from Dumfries and Galloway College, of all ages, brought together by business lecturer David Ferguson, are also hoping to raise funds for charity Prostate Cancer UK. Those taking part are from a range of departments at the college, from support staff and apprentices to lecturers and even some senior managers.

One apprentice has been snapped next to a photocopier, while a vice-principal is pictured doing some strategising - behind a strategically placed desk, thankfully.

Ferguson said the idea had come to him out of concern for his peers in the college. “A lot of colleges’ gentleman staff are getting to their 50s and 60s, and prostate cancer is a real danger to them. Men are generally very bad at checking their bodies,” he explained.

The lecturer, who features in the calendar himself with colleagues from the business department, sporting a carefully placed Black Forest gateaux, said that while some staff were easily persuaded to pose for photos, others were “much better at recommending other people”.

The need to raise awareness was brought home to the participants when they heard that one of the men involved in the calendar had himself suffered from prostate cancer. “That really reinforced it when he joined us,” said Ferguson.