Disagreements over student finance also emerged on the issue of tuition fees in Scotland.
Lord Browne's review of student finance in England is due to report in October.
The Lib Dems claimed the party had made "the system of student finance as fair as possible".
So far, student finance in England and Wales has not reached the top of the political agenda.
The bursaries issue arose as Mr McLeish outlined details of the student finance package in the Scottish Parliament.
"The student finance review should start now and be as comprehensive as possible, " said university spokesman David Willetts.
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At the last general election, there were reports that Labour MPs had been concerned at the level of complaints made about student finance.
As for tuition fees she said the government would not pre-empt the findings of the independent review it had commissioned into higher education funding and student finance.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has always insisted its changes to student finance are fair - and that going to university depends on ability - not ability to pay.
Liam Burns, president of the National Union of Students (NUS) said the below-inflation rise amounted to a "real-term cut in support" and called for fundamental changes to the way student finance was administered.
And he noted that it was the rising cost of student support in the recession that was causing much of the funding squeeze - making the ongoing Browne review of student finance all the more important.
Lib Dems, for example, had to consider whether voting against a policy on student finance which reneged on their explicit promise to the voters would bring down the coalition, which they would regard as promoting the greater good.
Although only three of the 17-strong group of Lib Dem members voted against the coalition text, which promised an independent commission of inquiry into all aspects of student finance, another five insist they will rebel against any proposal from the inquiry which does not envisage abolition of the fees.
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