The Scottish Liberal Democrats published their Scottish Parliament Election Manifesto, 'Change with Fairness at its Heart' on Friday 17th April

This is what it says about the issues that students, apprentices and young people care about. Use the NUS Scotland Vote Matcher to see which parties you agree with most.

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What the Scottish Liberal Democrats Manifesto says on...

Universities and funding

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    • Encourage universities to widen access by undertaking outreach work in schools in disadvantaged areas
    • Work towards a consensus about the future funding of colleges and universities
    • Create the conditions for Scottish universities to successfully compete for UK-wide research funding
Colleges, Apprenticeships and Skills

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    • Securely fund colleges, giving them more freedom to innovate, borrow and keep surpluses
    • Treat apprenticeships on part with university and college courses, and reorganise apprenticeship funding
    • Strengthen careers advice and links with employers in colleges
International students and migration

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    • Report international student flows separately to estimates of long-term migration
    • Make the most of the return to Erasmus Plus
    • Allow asylum seekers to work if they have been waiting for a decision for more than three months
Cost of Living, Employment and the Economy

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    • Ensure that students and apprentices receive help with the cost-of-living crisis, through the student support system.
    • Job Transition Loan worth up to £5,000 to support people reskill
    • Reform council tax and the business rates system
The NHS, Health and Wellbeing

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    • Improve access to GPs and embed 900 extra NHS staff in GP practices to reduce waiting times
    • Roll out a comprehensive NHS App, which patients can use to book, move and cancel appoints
    • Provide new walk-in services to meet the needs of people in mental health distress or crisis
Housing and Renting

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    • Build an average of 25,000 homes each year
    • Help-to-Renovate loan scheme to bring neglected properties back into use
    • Reform planning to make it simpler to redevelop long-term derelict buildings
Transport and Travel

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    • Nationwide tap-and-go transport system using only your phone or bank card
    • Introduce a ‘Transport for London’ style model to give communities control of when and where their buses go
    • Increase late night rail services and open new stations
Climate, the Environment and Energy

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    • Accelerate roll-out of climate-friendly heating, including heat pumps and district heating
    • Ensure local people get more of the money made from energy projects near them
    • Work with colleges and employers to double the training of heating engineers to install heat pumps and renewable tech
Rights, Equality and Liberation

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    • Resist any attempts to repeal or weaken human rights legislation in the UK
    • Ban all forms of conversion therapies and practices in partnership with the UK Government
    • Work towards a four-nations consensus on addressing the ‘shortcomings’ of the gender recognition process
Society, Democracy and Young People

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    • Support a written constitution for the UK
    • Change the voting system Scottish Parliament elections to single transferrable vote (STV)
    • Introduce an Accountability Act to reduce government scandal and drive up standards