Discovery Summer School 2026: Application Form
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  • Discovery Summer School 2026: Application Form

  • The Discovery Summer School will take place from: Tuesday 30th June – Thursday 2nd July afternoon (exact times will be confirmed soon).

    The Summer School is a residential meaning participants will be required to stay overnight, on site for the duration of the summer school. 

    Activities, meals and accommodation will be provided throughout at no cost to the participant.

    The information you submit as part of this application form will tell us more about you. In the event of more applications than available places, priority will be given to individuals who are applying for university this year (to start in September 2026). We may also consider our eligibility criteria when allocating places.

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

  • 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 responses to this form.

    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 summer school and to contact you should you be successful in gaining a place.

    We’ll also use information for evaluating our activities, monitoring their effectiveness and purposes, 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 students from a broad range of students.

    Personal data from unsuccessful applicants will be retained for one year following the application closing date.

    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.

  • 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.
  • Is the participant aged 18 years old or over?*
  • Is the participant completing this form themselves?*
  • What language would the participant like to communicate in?*

  • Participant details

  • Participant date of birth*
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  • How would you describe your gender?*
  • Format: 00000000000.

  • Emergency contacts

    Please provide information about your emergency contacts, these are typically your parents, guardians or carers.
  • Emergency contact 1 - Relationship to participant*
  • Format: 00000000000.
  • Emergency contact 1 - Preferred language of contact
  • Secondary emergency contact
  • Emergency contact 2 - Relationship to participant
  • Format: 00000000000.
  • Emergency contact 2 - Preferred language of contact

  • 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.
  • Please indicate relationship to participant*
  • I agree that the participant can be given over the counter medicine (e.g. Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Anti-histamines, Hayfever treatments etc.) should the need arise.*
  • I agree that Cardiff University staff have permission to administer first aid in the event of an incident.*
  • Does the participant have any allergies (e.g. food or medication)?*
  • Does the participant have any dietary requirements or needs (e.g. halal, vegan)?*
  • Does the participant have any medical conditions (including mental health conditions) or a disability?*
  • Is the participant currently taking any medication?*
  • Does the participant have any access requirements (e.g. wheelchair user)?*
  • Does the participant require any additional arrangements or specific adjustments? (E.g. cultural or social needs).*
  • As this programme contains residential elements (i.e staying overnight in en-suite, mixed gender halls of residence), are there any concerns you have, or things we should be aware of when allocating rooms?*
  • Are you planning on coming to university this September?

  • Additional Information

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

  • Travel

  • Code of Conduct

    If accepted onto the summer school we require you to follow the code of conduct.  It details behaviour expectations that you will need to adhere to throughout the summer school. Please read the code of conduct here.

    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 may be distributed across our digital platforms (including but not limited to: Cardiff University's website, YouTube and 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;
    • Audio may be transcribed and used for marketing and evaluation purposes.
    • 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 summer school.

  • 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. *
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  • 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*
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