Alastair Irvine
@ai_econ
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Assistant Economist in Scottish Government, Health and Social Care.
Joined April 2015
Applications are OPEN for our Economics Degree Apprenticeship! ⭐Fee-free economics degree ⭐Paid government role (across England) ⭐Meaningful work that benefits society ⭐Permanent role on successful completion Find out more & apply: https://t.co/gWvairm1yW
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A career in the Civil Service is open to everyone. We are looking for graduates from all backgrounds to join our 2023 development programme. We’ll provide the investment and opportunities you need to meet your full potential. Find out more and apply: https://t.co/jmH2kgng6J
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Today we released a new blog on what we are doing around excess mortality: https://t.co/wQgt5k5aGW (1/3)
blog.ons.gov.uk
There has been widespread interest in the number of excess deaths across the UK. That is, the difference between the actual number of deaths observed and the number that was expected. But how do you c
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Be You Unlimited. 💫 The application portal for the 2023 @GES_uk Civil Service @faststreamuk is now open! ⏰ Learn more about the economics stream and start your application today 👉 https://t.co/tmNycY6YJ1 Applications close at midday on Thursday 22 December 2022 ⏰
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The 2021 Scottish Health Survey has now been published. To see the results, visit: https://t.co/YtBOXo6Sum
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GES Placement Scheme 2023/2024 💫 The @GES_UK Placement Scheme application portal opens on Tuesday 4 October 2022 ⏰ Head over to our https://t.co/fgW4Dx8RAe website to learn more - https://t.co/jERJ3mQkRJ 👈 #EconTwitter #placement #sandwichscheme
gov.uk
This scheme is open to students in their penultimate year of undergraduate study and who are on track for a 2:1 or 1st class degree.
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The queue has now closed. Please do not attempt to join the queue. Over 26,000 people have already had a chance to pay their last respects. We are doing everything we can to ensure that those currently in the queue can do so before 3pm, when the Lying at Rest will end.
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Many people will travel to Royal Residences in Scotland as a mark of their respect. Large crowds can pose risks to public safety. If you decide to travel, please plan ahead and follow any instructions given by stewards and police.
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Amazing blend of live cinematography, recorded and interactive performance. Superb dancing.
Audiences were completely blown away by @scottishballet’s Coppélia tonight and so were we 👏 Huge congratulations to @jess_and_morgs and the company on their first performance of this brilliant brand new production. Catch it at #EdIntFest until 16 Aug. 📷 Andy Ross
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Do 'doctors' adapt to non-adherent patients? Do you need to pay them to adapt? Find out in the published version of my PhD experiments: https://t.co/Dw3PknrcVO Huge thanks to Marjon @HERU_Abdn for managing the review process after I moved to @scotgovhealth
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Health Economist / academic followers will be interested in the whole thing, but maybe part 3 in particular for researchers and innovators.
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Consultation on Scotland’s dedicated Data Strategy for Health and Social Care live: @DigiCare4Scot are keen to hear your views on health and care data: https://t.co/pMdRAf0IX3
#digitalhealth
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I played the @FinancialTimes Climate Game to see if I could cut emissions to zero by 2050. I failed to avoid the worst effects of climate change! Can you make the tough decisions needed to save our planet? 🌎
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Perhaps the more difficult transition to make is from: Intro ➡️literature ➡️method ➡️result ➡️discuss ➡️conclude To Conclusion ➡️ intro ➡️ results ➡️ appendices {literature, method, discussion}
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Incredibly similar to the @GES_UK “writing for decision makers” content.
These are some of the general writing tips I gave CEA staff, they're probably broadly applicable to much writing by economists. cc: @mark_zientek @KenAbante
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Picked up the man in the middle as a wedding favour this weekend, joining my vintage train driver and Porto-minifig from Copenhagen @LEGO_Group @ScottHeald72
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From today, we're moving to a single main source of daily #coronavirus data. Go to Public Health Scotland @P_H_S_Official for headline figures on cases, hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations. Find out more: https://t.co/JqTTMLQTfX
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