Nick Weaver

Headmaster of Ipswich School and Co-Chair of HMC/GSA Universities Committee, the only national body bringing together secondary heads and top HEIs

[HMC (The Heads' Conference) @HMC_Org]

Getting social mobility right is complicated - let’s not forget that 30% of the most disadvantaged students at Oxford have come via free places in independent schools https://t.co/OKm8kRVUAL. There needs to be room for everyone,. https://t.co/3bQ9Au2CiF

[HMC (The Heads' Conference) @HMC_Org]

There's a simple way of helping more disadvantaged children into university without disadvantaging others. ‘If you want more seats at the table, make a bigger table’ by expanding places, @HMCExecDirector Mike Buchanan tells BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. https://t.co/3bQ9Au2CiF

[HMC (The Heads' Conference) @HMC_Org]

Listen to @HMCExecDirector Mike Buchanan tell BBC Radio 4’s Today programme why universities should expand the numbers of places they offer so no bright student loses out, whatever their background. Listen from 2:45:00 https://t.co/FlbLtzSiJ7
https://t.co/3bQ9Au2CiF

[Independent Education Today @IE_Today]

.@HMC_Org urge universities not to discriminate against #privateschools

@HMCExecDirector said a ‘sophisticated approach’ is needed for fairer #university admissions @officestudents

Read more: https://t.co/5yeSVFfUEQ

[Philip Britton MBE @Philip_Britton]

#FairerFutures is a great ambition - which means that able people from all backgrounds should have proper access. Let us never discriminate against any young person because of their parents, whatever their household income

[The Good Schools Guide @GoodSchoolsUK]

“Not all state-educated students are disadvantaged and the majority of students from affluent backgrounds are not educated in [private] schools. This is why a sophisticated approach is needed for the country genuinely to level up.” https://t.co/Ha2u3iownk

[HMC (The Heads' Conference) @HMC_Org]

The use of crude measures like school type can hinder disadvantaged students at independent schools from winning deserved places at top universities, warns @HMCExecDirector Mike Buchanan following OfS report. Listen to him on LBC https://t.co/D9FOEjQsZ1 (from 2:28:00).

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

Thanks to Chris Ramsey for his excellent leadership as Co-Chair of this important Committee. A hard act to follow...

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

A massive thank you from me to all the HE leaders and colleagues, school colleagues and others who have made these last years of debate so enriching. I feel immensely lucky to have been part of it all. Nick takes up from here, and I will be found in due course @WhitgiftHead

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

The @HMC_HigherEd twitter feed is now in the excellent hands of the new Chair Nick Weaver

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

Greatly looking forward to @HMC_Org @GSAUK universities meeting at @QMUL on Thursday. It will be my last as chair, so look forward to handing this twitter feed on to @IpswichHead

[Mark Corver @markcorver]

HE graph of the decade?
2012. Controversial first year of £9k fees in England. If hitting poorer students the politics probably untenable. Graph showed a small effect equal by background. The policy survived. Market in places/young entry growth that shaped the decade followed.

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

@SianGriffiths6 White working class boys are underrepresented in selective universities according to, inter alia, Manchester Uni academics. Would it have been unlawful? Many institutions have closed awards. It might not be moral, but unlawful?

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

@nickdennis Good point. But it would be interesting to know if the prospective donor had looked at the profile of bursary recipients in the two schools mentioned, and concluded something different was needed.

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

@nickdennis But many schools and universities have restricted charitable funds eg for students from a certain area. Whilst some are clearly inappropriate, many can be a managed very well, and to the benefit of many who need help

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

Should universities consider classification by percentage? If the top twenty percent get firsts we would know who the best students are all the time. Just a suggestion.

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

https://t.co/ppcAjl4MnE

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

Our thanks on behalf of @GSAUK @HMC_Org and @WhitgiftSchool1 to all speakers from universities, advisory groups, NGOs and schools, especially terrific current students from @UniofNottingham and @nmite_ac for superb admissions conference yesterday

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

Co-creation a key concept got future of HE ⁦@QMUL⁩ ⁦@HMC_Org⁩ ⁦@GSAUK⁩

[Nick Weaver @HMC_HigherEd]

Christina Perry from ⁦@QMUL⁩ speaks to ⁦@GSAUK⁩ ⁦@HMC_Org⁩ conference on the future of HE