Edinburgh University’s principal, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, says the way we fund universities is 'broken'.
We ask The Herald’s education correspondent, Garrett Stell (pictured), and political commentator Andy Maciver from the Holyrood Sources podcast if the Scottish Government’s free tuition policy – a key SNP commitment – should be up for debate.
And Laura asks Martin how his latest political grilling was sidetracked by a piercing.
Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
Get in touch with us by emailing scotcast@bbc.co.uk