What to do. Rejection and delays :(

Hi, I did read about your previous posts. I am quite surprised with the lecturer at your own home university. But for the other two universities, I wanted to ask if you did contact someone prior to applying. I applied to three universities as an International applicant, and the advice I have received from everyone is to contact the supervisor(s) beforehand. Unlike the US, where we do not need to contact potential advisors well beforehand, it seems like the UK requires us to do so. I hope you hear back positive things very soon! All the best and good luck with the application process.

I did send emails to some potential supervisors but never received any reply.
So decided to apply because academics can be quite busy.
I'm quite certain that the lecturer is doing this intentionally as he has displayed strange behaviour before and I wouldn't be surprised if he's intentionally doing this.
Thanks ☺️
I have some hope but not a lot because I don't think this lecturer will accept my application and I'm not sure if the other uni will accept because of the lack of specialism .
But maybe a second MSc or mres is my only way forward I guess

I'm sorry things are still not moving in the direction you'd like.
Was there a particular reason for you applying to the unis you applied to? It seems like an odd decision for you to apply to these unis when they lack people with the required specialisms needed to supervise your topic. Are there any other unis (UK or abroad/closer to home) that might be better suited to your field/topic?
I'm not a sciences student, so have no idea whether doing a second Masters would override your first one enough for you to be considered a competitive funding applicant...

They have the departments but my topic is on hydropower so that's an issue that most people don't seem to have interest in it even though they are specialists in political ecology which is my theoretical framework..

My home uni has a lead supervisor who specialises in dams and she agreed but the second one has stalled my application- claiming I need to revise but isn't giving where and what to revise, causing delays

I have secured a role in EY for short 6 months in my home country so I'm thinking maybe professional experience and improved grades may help?

I see!
I'm not sure what EY means in this context. Hopefully professional experience may help the next time you apply (I can't say whether it would or not - as I said, I'm not a STEM student)

Ernest and Young company.
I'm not a STEM student either
BTW what do you think of the lecturer stalling my application and not giving feedback?

Ah my bad, hydropower sounded very STEM to me
Ah OK, Ernest and Young. Would your short stint there be working in areas related to hydropower? As I assumed you meant relevant experience when you mentioned professional experience...
It's hard to know what's going on there. Unis do want to make sure they're taking applicants who will finish the PhD and get a good outcome - so it's fair enough (given your academic profile) that they need the research proposal to be strong(er). It's hard to say why your lecturer has not updated you about what you need to do. Perhaps it's because - as it's a formal application - that information needs to come via the appropriate channels, i.e. the admissions office? Hard to say. He doesn't seem a good communicator though, which is a red flag for me about what he'd be like as a supervisor for you

Again, I don’t currently work in PhD admissions so I am limited in what advice I can give.
Generally speaking, academics just wouldn’t reply or would be blunt about it if there was no interest. Whether they want to change your proposal significantly, I can’t say.

Do you think they want to change my proposal significantly?

I've literally just said that I can't say that

I can't see what ulterior motives there could be. I think you should take the email at face value