Many many thanks for taking the time to write this, I will definitely try these options. :)
The language I translate to/from isn't that common, but there's no harm in asking, at least the competition shouldn't be that fierce...

I've recently started a partially funded PhD and it is really challenging in terms of time management and dealing with anxiety and uncertainty that comes with temporary jobs I've had so far. I hope this will improve when I find something more stable.
Unfortunately, there are no paid work prospects in my department, but everyone has been really supportive and helped me in networking.

@marasp, I'd be grateful for any advice on approaching publishing houses in the UK?

Hi Massimo!

Regarding your question about the number of departments, I hard to give an exact number. However, given that you are an EU student, it might be advisable to widen the net a bit, since there is not as much funding as for the UK students.
It is definitely worth contacting professors with a more general interest in the field, you might discover that they have already supervised similar theses or they might suggest other prospective supervisors within the department or colleagues from other universities. Also, note that perfect matches are relatively rare and that academic staff is very mobile, it is not uncommon for a supervisor to leave the institution and the student to be allocated another one.

Try GradCafe. :)

Follow the funding. The other uni will offer your place to someone else.

As far as I know, for a full time PhD, your visa will have a 20 hours limitation.

Also, apart from supervision, some programmes do include mandatory research training and in some cases, you might even be advised to sit some courses from MSc/MA level if your supervisors think it could be useful.

I don't know your research field, but in STEM, for example, you are likely to be in the lab 9-5 every day. I'm pretty sure that a full time job is not a feasible option.

In any case, check with the international offices of the universities you're interested in - I am sure they will offer you specific, up-to-date information.

Sorry to hear that. But the fact that you were interviewed clearly indicates that they thought you are PhD material. See if you can get any feedback, it might be useful in further applications.

If she's in the final stage and there isn't a lot of coursework left on this other module, the uni will probably allow it since it won't greatly affect her work on the masters, especially it being a part-time programme.
Fingers crossed everything sorts out...

I second all the advice given.

It seems like you have a committee in your head, criticizing your words even before they're written and you need to make them shut up.There is a software/platform called Draft (similar to say Google Docs) which has a very cool feature named after Hemingway. It follows his "Write drunk, edit sober" motto and, when this mode is on, you cannot make editions or changes, you just have to WRITE.

Also, I'd recommend the books "How to Write a Lot" and "265 Troubleshooting Strategies for Writing Nonfiction", I've found them very helpful in alleviating my own writing issues. :)

No problem.

I've included in the appendices transcripts of all the dialogues containing the target structures. Relatively few of those were cited in the text body, but my supervisor suggested I provide an exhaustive list in the end. Eventually, one of my examiners asked me to provide background in some cases and then link it to certain theoretical aspects but this was actually a nice chance for me to show off... (and I happen to know he was quite familiar with the corpus).

Maybe sample pieces would work for you, providing detail and contextualizing some key points in your analysis/finding? Of course, this completely depends on the nature of your research topic...

I had such data in my MA research and, when writing up the methodology part, I briefly introduced some basic info on the corpus (genre, authors, key topics, etc.) and some other aspect relevant to my research questions. I was advised to assume that the person reading will not be familiar with those particular sources.

However, I would suggest you discuss this with your supervisor(s) and/or look for other theses in your field who used similar primary sources.