Hi Renoa, I also needed transcripts when I applied for my PhD in UK some months ago and my University (in Italy) did everything for me. It wasn't that easy and it took about 3 weeks, but in the end it was all right. Maybe you can email/call your spanish university and explain them your situation, you can always try and see..good luck :-)

Hi Tennie, do u mean the Gareth Robert's report? If so, I quickly read the text but actually I can't say what it implies and how it is put into prctice in academic life...

Congrats!!...just enjoy your happiness!
I'll start my PhD next october too, so I recognize the feeling!

Well done :-) Good luck!!

Hi! you may ask your supervisor(s) if there are any opportunities to get extra funding from your Department-sometimes there are few studentships that are open to competitive bids and they come up at very short notice (and late in the year) because the University distribute extra money to support research; last but not least University often wants applications to have named students, and this would be your case. This could be a way, I dont' know how things work in UCL but ask a question is for free!
All the best with your PhD!!

Thank you for your replies! Hopefully the best thing to do is to write and think in English -as I did for my research proposal- and as all of you pointed out I should find an appropriate way -my way- to get ready for a full immersion in the English language. The first months will be difficult but I think I will be rewarded soon ;-)

All the best with your PhD 8-)

Hey-that's the point!I do think that this is a crucial issue for foreign PhD students in the UK, especially because italian (spanish and french I would say too) and english are such different languages- in english one word for one concept (most of time), in italian 100 words for half concept :-(
anyway I'll try to do my best to cope with this; thank you all for your tips, others are always welcome!

Good luck to everyone!!

Hey thank you all for your answers!! I do appreciate them :-)

Hi everybody, this is my first thread message as one week ago I was offered a place to do a PhD!-I will commence it in September. The application process was quite long and hard, but it was finally worth-it !I'm moving from Italy to UK so I will completely change my life!I was wondering if there's somebody else who is doing a PhD/will do it in a foreign language, which implies to reorganise linguistic habits, using different concepts, develop new oral skills and learn to write academic english.
How do you cope with that? Some useful and practice tips- apart from BBC Learning English and speaking, listening, thinking, writing English night-and-day?????!!!
Thank you very much! ,-)