Hi,
I am going to be a third year student from the academic year of 2015/2016, and I would like to do a PhD at the University of Sheffield.
I cannot afford to pay for one so I need some funding. I have read about a bit and I would like to hear some previous experiences from students who are currently scholarship students at the moment. I would like to know their previous experience and their grades/work they did that helped them get the scholarship, so I have an idea of what I can do to improve my chances.

So far, things have not been looking good. I got a middle 2.1 in my first year and a low 2.1 in my second year (25% of final grade mark). I need to boost up my chances somehow. I know I can do better in third year (75% of my final grade mark) as for the first 2 years I only crammed the two nights before to get the grades (I am embarrassed to say that)

Can I please get some advice on things I can do to boost up my chances for getting in?
I am aware of the deadlines and they're pretty close.