hi. a uni recently told me that i was their first reserve for any funding that would come up. has anyone out there been a first reserve? did you get funding eventually?

i was once, but unfortunately i got only my fees paid,which i eventually turned it down

Sweetchic, sounds as you have a hope! As for me, I didn't get the department studentship, but now they are considering me for the university research one. My supervisor (the one to be) asked me to defer the PhD place at their university for a year and start looking for funding for the next year at least. But I still have a hope and will know the results somewhere in mid-August.

hi Alex, we're in the same boat. hope something comes up. keep applying. am still applying elsewhere. don't put your eggs in one basket. check www.jobs.ac.uk, some social science studentships are usually advertised there. all the best- hope things work out for you.