The Student rating - 5/5: Radical, passionate and engaging, Patrick Harvie had us falling over ourselves to join the Greens.   What impressed us the most was the way he avoided essentializing students by talking not only about fees and graduate employment but a whole range of wider issues, inspiring us with his vision of a dynamic, caring and sustainable Scotland.

The Student rating - 3/5: Gray has clearly been thoroughly media trained by his party, which can sometimes make him sound artificial and overly-rehearsed. But he knows the nuts and bolts of policy and impressed us with his seemingly small but innovative and original policy solutions.  To his credit, he discussed various facets of the student experience other than fees and cuts and  appeared to have an excellent grasp of the myriad challenges faces higher education.

The Student rating - 4/5: Goldie's plans for student finance might not win her support, but she certainly gained our respect.  Despite her media image as kindly granny, she nevertheless showed that a tough, no-nonsense Tory dwells inside, and came across as the most honest and straight-forward of all the leaders.  Advocating spending cuts and a graduate tax, she might not have that many cards to play, but what she does have are clearly laid out on the table.