Discovery Project 2025 - Application Form

Discovery Project 2025: Application Form
Thank you for your interest in the Discovery Project!

This form will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

The information you submit as part of this application form will tell us more about you. This will help us decide if you are eligible for Discovery. Please check our eligibility criteria before applying. Discovery has a limited number of places, and so places will be allocated to applicants who meet the most eligibility criteria. 

Applications close at 11:59pm on Friday 10 January 2025. We aim to let you know the outcome of your application by Friday 17 January 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact outreach@cardiff.ac.uk.

Event Information

Sessions will run on Tuesday evenings.

Venue: Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB.

Dates: 4 February, 11 February, 18 February, 4 March, 11 March and 18 March.

Time: 5pm - 6:30pm (registration from 4:45pm)
Please complete this form with a parent, guardian or carer. The form has 2 parts:

Section 1: About the participant. This tells us more information about you, including emergency contacts.

Section 2: Access information and code of conduct. This includes medical, accessibility and safeguarding information and our code of conduct.
Privacy information

This privacy information supplements the Widening Participation data protection notice, which explains how we comply with data protection legislation. The information below provides some detail on what we will do with your application response.

If you have any questions about how your data will be used, please contact the team at outreach@cardiff.ac.uk.

This application form will be used to ascertain eligibility for the Discovery programme and to contact you should you be successful in gaining a place. We will also use information for evaluating our activities, monitoring their effectiveness and purposes, and to see whether our participants go on to study in Higher Education. This data will also inform research which helps us ensure we are interacting with a wide range of students.

Data and information used for evaluation and reporting purposes will be anonymised should it be shared or published. Personal data from individuals who participate in Widening Participation activities will be retained for a minimum period of 5 years after the end of the project. Personal data from unsuccessful applicants will be retained for up to one year after the completion of the application process.

Additional Information

To help us best shape our programmes to meet the backgrounds of our participants, please answer the following questions.
Are you eligible for Free School Meals?*
Are you eligible for Pupil Premium or Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)?*
Would you be in the first generation of your family to attend university?*
You and any siblings are in the same generation, therefore if an older sibling has/is attending university, you still meet this requirement.
Are you currently in care?*
Cardiff University defines care experienced students as those who have spent time living with foster carers, under local authority care, in residential care (e.g. a children’s home), looked after at home under a supervision order, or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (e.g. a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.
Are you a care leaver?*
A care leaver is any adult who spent time in care as a child (i.e. under the age of 18). This care would have been approved by the state through a court order or on a voluntary basis. It can range from as little as a few months to as long as ones whole childhood (18 years). Such care could be in foster care, residential care (mainly children’s homes) or other arrangements outside the immediate or extended family.
Are you a young carer?*
A young carer is someone aged 25 and under who cares for a friend or family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, cannot cope without their support.
Are you an estranged student?*
An estranged person is someone who no longer has the support of their family due to a breakdown in their relationship which has led to ceased contact.
Are you an asylum seeker or refugee?*
A refugee is a person who has fled their own country due to risks to their safety and life. An asylum seeker is a person who has left their country due to risks to their safety and life, but who hasn’t yet been legally recognised as a refugee and is waiting to receive a decision on their asylum claim.
Is your annual household income £35,000 or less?

YesNo
Have you previously taken part in Discovery?
Travel
I understand that the University will not be responsible for the participant while they are travelling to and from the stated event venue.*

I understand
Code of Conduct

Please view the Code of Conduct for young people on our programmes. You are expected to adhere to this at all times. If you have any questions please email outreach@cardiff.ac.uk.
Click below to let us know you agree to this.

I have read the information presented in the Cardiff University Discovery code of conduct and I agree to follow all of the rules and regulations listed.
Use of photographs and films

The Widening Participation team would like to take photographs and videos at our events for marketing and evaluation purposes.

Once complete, images, recordings and films may be distributed across our digital platforms (including but not limited to: YouTube, Twitter (X), Instagram) as well as projected/shown as part of marketing, events and evaluations. Images can be considered personal data under data protection legislation and our legal basis for processing such images is legitimate interest.

I understand that:
- The images/recordings will be held securely;
- The images/recordings will be the copyright of the University and any other intellectual property which arises in the images/recordings will also belong to the University;
- I can request a copy of these images/recordings at any time;
- I can ask the University to stop using my images/recordings at any time, in which case they will not be used in future publications but may continue to appear in publications already in circulation.
Images/video/audio are useful in promoting and reporting on our projects. However you do not have to give permission to be accepted onto the programme.
I give Cardiff University perpetual rights to use video/audio recordings and still images for the purposes above. This permission is given on the basis of the terms of use as described above.*

I give permission.I do not give permission.
Full Name of Signatory*

First NameLast Name
Signature of Parent or Guardian*

Clear
Signature of participant (for participants aged 18 and over)*

Clear
Today's Date*

DayMonthYear
Date
We would like to send programme participants further relevant information via email that we feel, based on the details have provided, will be of interest to them. This could include: information and guidance, events, and for those who become Cardiff University students, opportunities to join our student ambassador scheme, or feedback on your experience at the university after graduating from a Widening Participation programme. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending us an email with 'unsubscribe' at the subject to outreach@cardiff.ac.uk*

Yes, I would like to register to receive further information in EnglishYes, I would like to register to receive further information in WelshNo, I would not like to receive any further information
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Discovery Project 2025: Application Form

Section 1: About the participant

Who should complete this form?

Participant details

Emergency contacts

Section 2 - Access information and code of conduct

Medical, accessibility and safeguarding information

Additional Information

Travel