Ali Payne
@alipayne.bsky.social
Trying to figure out life as a (relatively) young widow. Busy with kids, politics, box-sets, baking, Eurovision & Lego. Think tank Research Director @reformscotland.bsky.social
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“Vaccination uptake is plummeting in rural communities and areas of high deprivation, creating a stark health inequality that threatens to divide our nation’s children into the protected & the vulnerable”
A worrying article from Dr Ross Jaffrey #NHS2048
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/has-...
A worrying article from Dr Ross Jaffrey #NHS2048
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/has-...
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
“Vaccination uptake is plummeting in rural communities and areas of high deprivation, creating a stark health inequality that threatens to divide our nation’s children into the protected & the vulnerable”
A worrying article from Dr Ross Jaffrey #NHS2048
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/has-...
A worrying article from Dr Ross Jaffrey #NHS2048
www.enlighten.scot/nhs2048/has-...
“One day, unless this changes, we could be sitting in our own waste crying alone in a care home”
A really important read from @neilmackay.bsky.social. Social care should be dominating discussions ahead of the election.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
A really important read from @neilmackay.bsky.social. Social care should be dominating discussions ahead of the election.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
'This care system is everyone's problem - we all get old'
As Scotland’s care system teeters on the brink, a damning undercover report and personal reflections expose the moral crisis at the heart of how…
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October 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
“One day, unless this changes, we could be sitting in our own waste crying alone in a care home”
A really important read from @neilmackay.bsky.social. Social care should be dominating discussions ahead of the election.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
A really important read from @neilmackay.bsky.social. Social care should be dominating discussions ahead of the election.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2551...
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The strikes at some Scottish universities about redundancies today are symptomatic of the broader issues around the unsustainability of Scotland’s higher education funding structure. Audit Scotland warned in 2019. We can’t keep ignoring the problem.
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The strikes at some Scottish universities about redundancies today are symptomatic of the broader issues around the unsustainability of Scotland’s higher education funding structure. Audit Scotland warned in 2019. We can’t keep ignoring the problem.
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We have news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2516953...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social @chrisdeerin.bsky.social
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@heraldscotland.bsky.social @chrisdeerin.bsky.social
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May 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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The Prime Minister’s statement on immigration today will damage our economy, the NHS, social care and our universities. It ignores the need to boost Scotland’s working age population.
This sort of divisive language only plays into Nigel Farage’s hands.
Not in Scotland’s name.
This sort of divisive language only plays into Nigel Farage’s hands.
Not in Scotland’s name.
May 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The Prime Minister’s statement on immigration today will damage our economy, the NHS, social care and our universities. It ignores the need to boost Scotland’s working age population.
This sort of divisive language only plays into Nigel Farage’s hands.
Not in Scotland’s name.
This sort of divisive language only plays into Nigel Farage’s hands.
Not in Scotland’s name.
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See this from the head of Scottish care which represents care providers. Scotland has an ageing population,the best care worker pay in UK(though still not enough)& can't recruit local workers,particularly in rural areas.
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This is naive, partisan and damaging. We need an #immigration system which is based on sector and national need not one motivated by party political priority. This fails #socialcare and those who need support in #Scotland.
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Care worker visa to be removed to stop recruitment from abroad, Cooper says
'They are here and care companies should be recruiting from that pool of people, rather than recruiting from abroad, we are closing recruitment from abroad,' Home Secretary says
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May 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
See this from the head of Scottish care which represents care providers. Scotland has an ageing population,the best care worker pay in UK(though still not enough)& can't recruit local workers,particularly in rural areas.
bsky.app/profile/drdm...
bsky.app/profile/drdm...
This is a hugely important & must-read article in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social from @neilmackay.bsky.social featuring @drdmacaskill.bsky.social
So much change & reform is badly needed, as article stresses. We also cant fix NHS without fixing care
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506728...
So much change & reform is badly needed, as article stresses. We also cant fix NHS without fixing care
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506728...
'No scare-mongering' Entire Scots elderly care system faces collapse in three months
Dr Donald Macaskill runs Scottish Care. It represents the care industry in Scotland and today he tells our Writer at Large that the system is broken…
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April 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is a hugely important & must-read article in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social from @neilmackay.bsky.social featuring @drdmacaskill.bsky.social
So much change & reform is badly needed, as article stresses. We also cant fix NHS without fixing care
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506728...
So much change & reform is badly needed, as article stresses. We also cant fix NHS without fixing care
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506728...
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New blog from Johann Lamont who responds to Russell Findlay's 'attention-seeking' education policy, calling for more thoughtful, long-term solutions for Scotland’s education system and young people.
Read now: www.reformscotland.com/hard-to-get-...
Read now: www.reformscotland.com/hard-to-get-...
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
New blog from Johann Lamont who responds to Russell Findlay's 'attention-seeking' education policy, calling for more thoughtful, long-term solutions for Scotland’s education system and young people.
Read now: www.reformscotland.com/hard-to-get-...
Read now: www.reformscotland.com/hard-to-get-...
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If the dreadful news from Dundee University isn’t a wake-up call on the unsustainability of Scotland’s higher education funding system, then we need to ask ourselves what will be? Tuition 'free at the point of use' can be maintained, but only if we act now
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If the dreadful news from Dundee University isn’t a wake-up call on the unsustainability of Scotland’s higher education funding system, then we need to ask ourselves what will be? Tuition 'free at the point of use' can be maintained, but only if we act now
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
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If we are to maintain university tuition free at the point of use, we need to change the funding system. Read about our proposals for a graduate payment here: www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we are to maintain university tuition free at the point of use, we need to change the funding system. Read about our proposals for a graduate payment here: www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
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The substantial job losses at Dundee are the latest reminder that the university funding system is unsustainable. Tuition can still be free at the point of use if we consider a graduate payment. Read our chapter in @hepi-news.bsky.social report on HE funding:
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
March 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The substantial job losses at Dundee are the latest reminder that the university funding system is unsustainable. Tuition can still be free at the point of use if we consider a graduate payment. Read our chapter in @hepi-news.bsky.social report on HE funding:
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
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With substantial job losses announced at Dundee University, it is clear that our tuition funding system is unfair & unsustainable, as research director @alipayne.bsky.social set out in a recent speech for @hepi-news.bsky.social
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
WEEKEND READING: Why Scotland's student funding system is "unfair, unsustainable, unaffordable" and needs to be replaced with a graduate contribution model - HEPI
Thanks to the CDBU and to HEPI for the invitation to attend and take part in today’s discussion. My speech today has been titled ‘A graduate contribution model’. Of course, for UK graduates not from ...
www.hepi.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
With substantial job losses announced at Dundee University, it is clear that our tuition funding system is unfair & unsustainable, as research director @alipayne.bsky.social set out in a recent speech for @hepi-news.bsky.social
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
“Yet the false notion that men are getting a raw deal as a direct consequence of women being treated more equally has a worrying degree of traction”
Really important & powerful article from @becmcq.bsky.social in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social ⬇️
Really important & powerful article from @becmcq.bsky.social in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social ⬇️
Not much obvious good news this International Women’s Day but there are still hopeful signs if you look for them. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
How do we stop the global misogynist backlash against women?
Hysterical inadequates like Andrew Tate feature prominently in an online world where young men are taught that women should obey them and that…
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March 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“Yet the false notion that men are getting a raw deal as a direct consequence of women being treated more equally has a worrying degree of traction”
Really important & powerful article from @becmcq.bsky.social in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social ⬇️
Really important & powerful article from @becmcq.bsky.social in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social ⬇️
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‘My heart broke, she was just six’: Inside Scotland’s safe house for child sex crime victims
I was given the privilege of talking to the bravest young people I’ve ever met and the staff helping them recover
I tell their stories in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2497435...
I was given the privilege of talking to the bravest young people I’ve ever met and the staff helping them recover
I tell their stories in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2497435...
‘My heart broke, she was 6’ Inside the secret safe house for child sex crime victims
Our Writer at Large gains unprecedented access to the hidden facility where the lives of broken children are put back together again
www.heraldscotland.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
‘My heart broke, she was just six’: Inside Scotland’s safe house for child sex crime victims
I was given the privilege of talking to the bravest young people I’ve ever met and the staff helping them recover
I tell their stories in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2497435...
I was given the privilege of talking to the bravest young people I’ve ever met and the staff helping them recover
I tell their stories in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2497435...
Today’s lesson…always make sure your multi-formulae multi-sheet spreadsheet is in fact saved as an excel doc and not inexplicably as a csv one 🤯😭
a man in a suit is standing in front of an untitled spreadsheet page
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of an untitled spreadsheet page
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February 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today’s lesson…always make sure your multi-formulae multi-sheet spreadsheet is in fact saved as an excel doc and not inexplicably as a csv one 🤯😭
Was on @bbcradio4.bsky.social on the wonderful #BridgetJonesMadAboutTheBoy Every1 grieves differently & has their own experiences but for me so much of the film resonated. It’s also prompting discussion about young widowhood & children’s grief which is good
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
Bridget Jones as a young widow: A WAY member’s review of Mad About the Boy
To mark the launch of the new Bridget Jones movie that shows Bridget as a young widow, we asked Scottish WAY member Alison to preview it for us…
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February 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Was on @bbcradio4.bsky.social on the wonderful #BridgetJonesMadAboutTheBoy Every1 grieves differently & has their own experiences but for me so much of the film resonated. It’s also prompting discussion about young widowhood & children’s grief which is good
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
Finding myself in Bridget’s shoes once again, I wrote a review of the utterly brilliant #BridgetJonesMadAboutTheBoy for @widowedandyoung.org.uk. The film is an uplifting mix of raw grief & sadness as well as joy and hope, and how these can coexist
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
Bridget Jones as a young widow: A WAY member’s review of Mad About the Boy
To mark the launch of the new Bridget Jones movie that shows Bridget as a young widow, we asked Scottish WAY member Alison to preview it for us…
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk
February 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Finding myself in Bridget’s shoes once again, I wrote a review of the utterly brilliant #BridgetJonesMadAboutTheBoy for @widowedandyoung.org.uk. The film is an uplifting mix of raw grief & sadness as well as joy and hope, and how these can coexist
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/bridget...
Scottish Labour wants to maintain our broke HE tuition funding system- it’s unfair, unaffordable & unsustainable, as I said this recent speech for @hepi-news.bsky.social. It also leaves our colleges underfunded.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
WEEKEND READING: Why Scotland's student funding system is "unfair, unsustainable, unaffordable" and needs to be replaced with a graduate contribution model - HEPI
Thanks to the CDBU and to HEPI for the invitation to attend and take part in today’s discussion. My speech today has been titled ‘A graduate contribution model’. Of course, for UK graduates not from ...
www.hepi.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Scottish Labour wants to maintain our broke HE tuition funding system- it’s unfair, unaffordable & unsustainable, as I said this recent speech for @hepi-news.bsky.social. It also leaves our colleges underfunded.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/18/w...
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As the ONS publishes data showing alcohol-related deaths in Scotland are at their highest for 15 years, @alastairmacg.bsky.social from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social writes for #NHS2048 on the pressing need for progressive alcohol policy to reduce levels of harm
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
February 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
As the ONS publishes data showing alcohol-related deaths in Scotland are at their highest for 15 years, @alastairmacg.bsky.social from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social writes for #NHS2048 on the pressing need for progressive alcohol policy to reduce levels of harm
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
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Hepatologist & chair of @shaapalcohol.bsky.social , @alastairmacg.bsky.social, has written an important contribution to our #NHS2048 discussion. Read his full article here: www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
February 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hepatologist & chair of @shaapalcohol.bsky.social , @alastairmacg.bsky.social, has written an important contribution to our #NHS2048 discussion. Read his full article here: www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/alco...
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Catch up on our fascinating discussion about knowledge based curriculum. In this clip Professor Paterson explains to @chrisdeerin.bsky.social how we learn ⬇️ The full event can be watched back on our website
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youtu.be/vtM8SUTYJaU
The Psychology Behind a Knowledge-Based Curriculum
YouTube video by ReformScotland
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February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Catch up on our fascinating discussion about knowledge based curriculum. In this clip Professor Paterson explains to @chrisdeerin.bsky.social how we learn ⬇️ The full event can be watched back on our website
youtu.be/vtM8SUTYJaU
youtu.be/vtM8SUTYJaU
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‘My relative was executed for a crime they didn’t commit. We can never bring back the death penalty’
This was a difficult - painful and intimate - column to write. But I felt I had to speak as calls grow for the reintroduction of capital punishment in Britain
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
This was a difficult - painful and intimate - column to write. But I felt I had to speak as calls grow for the reintroduction of capital punishment in Britain
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
January 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
‘My relative was executed for a crime they didn’t commit. We can never bring back the death penalty’
This was a difficult - painful and intimate - column to write. But I felt I had to speak as calls grow for the reintroduction of capital punishment in Britain
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
This was a difficult - painful and intimate - column to write. But I felt I had to speak as calls grow for the reintroduction of capital punishment in Britain
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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This is the HQ of Avis Capital. It claims to be one of the largest companies in the UK, with £58bn in assets and 31% returns promised to investors.
Except it's all a lie.
Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.
Except it's all a lie.
Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.
January 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is the HQ of Avis Capital. It claims to be one of the largest companies in the UK, with £58bn in assets and 31% returns promised to investors.
Except it's all a lie.
Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.
Except it's all a lie.
Here's how regulatory failures are letting international fraudsters create massive fake UK companies.
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Read the latest contribution to our #NHS2048 discussion forum
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/a-pa...
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/a-pa...
January 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Read the latest contribution to our #NHS2048 discussion forum
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/a-pa...
www.reformscotland.com/nhs2048/a-pa...
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"Knowledge and skills are complementary. Skills are knowledge in action"
Read our new report from Prof Paterson and Bruce Robertson on how a knowledge based curriculum could transform Scottish education
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
Read our new report from Prof Paterson and Bruce Robertson on how a knowledge based curriculum could transform Scottish education
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
How a Knowledge-Based Curriculum Could Transform Scottish Education - Reform Scotland
Reform Scotland, the independent, non-partisan think tank, has today published a new paper written by Professor Lindsay Paterson, professor emeritus of
www.reformscotland.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"Knowledge and skills are complementary. Skills are knowledge in action"
Read our new report from Prof Paterson and Bruce Robertson on how a knowledge based curriculum could transform Scottish education
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...
Read our new report from Prof Paterson and Bruce Robertson on how a knowledge based curriculum could transform Scottish education
www.reformscotland.com/publication/...