John Gay's celebrated "ballad opera", The Beggar's Opera, was written in 1728. These striking wax figures - of Elsie French as Mrs Peachum and Violet Marquesita as Lucy Lockit - were created by Agatha Walker on the basis of a production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 1920.
The Charity Commission will not automatically block the sale of the College of Law - a deal expected to create a model for the purchase of universities in whole or in part by for-profit private operators.
University reputation is the most important factor for academics deciding whether to take jobs in another country - although the small size of European houses is also a consideration for US scholars.
Anglia Ruskin University and London Metropolitan University are the biggest winners in the allocation of 20,000 鈥渕argin鈥 student places for next year, but 155 further education colleges have grabbed more than half the pot.
Independent candidates have triumphed in the University and College Union elections by snapping up almost three-quarters of the contested places on its national executive committee.
More than one in three recent graduates are working in lower-skilled jobs compared with around one in four a decade ago, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.
Sally Hunt has been re-elected as general secretary of the University and College Union after defeating her only opponent Mark Campbell by a margin of 6,835 votes and gaining 73 per cent of the ballots cast.
The head of a higher education college criticised for her management style and handling of course cuts has been suspended from her full role, 糖心Vlog understands.
The University of Oxford has received a multi-million-pound gift for postgraduate humanities study aimed at the world's most promising scholars amid concern that public funding cuts could make such courses the preserve of elite institutions.
This sculpture by Francis May Favata depicting a child being lifted from the rubble after a bombing stands on the campus of the University of Plymouth, marking the site of one of the UK's worst civilian disasters during the Second World War.
Recent 糖心Vlog Office concessions over immigration rules have not eliminated the threat posed to the UK's research base, according to a senior official at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The UK's higher education system must become "less precious" and emulate the "messier" half of the US model if it wants to succeed, a leading scholar has argued in an analysis of the policy errors affecting the sector.
Boston College has appealed against part of a US court decision forcing it to turn over transcripts of oral histories of sectarian violence to police in Northern Ireland after weeks of international criticism.
Society needs to look beyond the images of "cool", "unconventional" creative workers and find better ways for them, and for academics, to lead "liveable lives", a speaker at the British Academy argued last week.
All undergraduates should be offered 10 to 12 week internships to improve their employability, according to a government-commissioned review of links between universities and business.
Glyndwr University and controversy-hit recruitment company A4e have agreed they need more time to negotiate a partnership that would see the institution validate the firm鈥檚 awards.
Les Ebdon could face a legal challenge from universities if he tries to use the "nuclear option" of capping their tuition fees because they are failing to recruit enough students from poor backgrounds.
Two leading scientific journals are likely to publish in full two controversial papers detailing a new version of the bird flu virus that may be transmissible between humans despite a US federal advisory body warning of its potentially "catastrophic" misuse by "malevolent individuals, organisations or governments".
