Discovery Project 2026 - Application Form
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  • Discovery Project 2026: 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. 

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

     

    Event Information

    ** Sessions will run on Thursday evenings.**

    Venue: TBC, Cardiff University Campus, Cathays, Cardiff. 

    Dates: 29th January, 5th February, 12th February, 26th February, 5th 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. 

  • Section 1: About the participant

  • Who should complete this form?

    For participants under the age of 18, this form MUST be completed together with and signed by a parent/guardian.

  • Participant details

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  • Emergency contacts

    Please provide information about your emergency contacts, these are typically your parents, guardians or carers.
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  • Section 2 - Access information and code of conduct

    Please fill in each question in as much detail as possible.

  • Medical, accessibility and safeguarding information

    The following mandatory information MUST BE COMPLETED as attendance at this event requires Widening Participation staff or third parties contracted by Widening Participation to take loco parentis responsibility for participants under 18 years of age. Where appropriate, please provide additional information.

  • Additional Information

    To help us best shape our programmes to meet the backgrounds of our participants, please answer the following questions.

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  • 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.

  • 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 (including participant testimonials) may be distributed across our digital platforms (including but not limited to: YouTube, LinkedIn, 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.

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