Sorry hopeful 3, I'm logged on as the husband, this is Imposter!

Hopeful 3 - bugger the AHRC! Do keep looking for funding, you never know something may come up. I have had some promising news since yesterday about my second application for funding and really do still hope to start in October. Will post on here either way when I find out!
You've done so well already, hang on in there and keep going!

Hello.
Could anybody advise on the following? If a University advertises PhD scholarships that are funded by the University itself, do you think the scholarships are more likely to go to students already at that University? Is there a chance that they 'have' to advertise them and that the posts are likely to already be filled? Please could you say if you have any experience of this, either as a student already at a University or as a student where you managed to get a funded place at another University?
Thank you in advance.