Orian you are scaring me! I'll be 37 when I finish my PhD (Humanities) and I sure hope I'll get a job after 4 grueling years!I started at 33 and am about to embark on my second year (I did the first year part-time) and no-one has ever even suggested that finding a job in academia at 37 would be difficult - then again as you say maybe they were worried they wouldn't get my hard-earned cash!

I'd love to know if you have stats/inside knowledge on this...