SPCS Work Experience Week 2025

14th - 18th July 2025

Queen Mary University of London

Thanks for showing an interest in applying for Queen Mary's Year 12 Work Experience Week in the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences. Please make sure you fill out each part of the application carefully, referring to the Year 12 Work Experience Week website for more information if necessary.

If you have any issues completing this form, or any questions, please email Dr Eliza Hunt, Outreach, Widening Participation, and Public Engagement Officer, at eliza.hunt@qmul.ac.uk.

Eligibility Criteria

To take part in this programme, you must meet the required eligibility criteria.

Please tick the boxes to confirm that ALL of the following statements apply to you:

I am currently in Year 12I am studying Physics and Mathematics at A-level (or Higher Level Mathematics and Higher Level Physics in the International Baccalaureate Diploma)I have permission from my parent/guardian and from my school to attendI can attend for the whole weekI am able to travel to and from Queen Mary University of London on each day of the programme (I understand that this is a non-residential programme, and no accommodation will be provided)

Personal details

First name

Last name

Date of birth

Contact details

Address line 1

Address line 2

Town/City

Postcode

Email

Re-type Email

Telephone

Additional details

School or College name

Gender

How would you describe your ethnicity

Accessibility information

If appropriate, please also comment on any accommodating steps that the university can take to potentially improve your experience of this programme

Allergies and/or other conditions

If appropriate, please also comment on any safety implications related to the severity of your condition or allergy. E.g. a potentially lethal risk of exposure to nuts

Dietary requirements

Emergency contact details

Emergency contact - Full name

Emergency contact - Relationship to applicant

Emergency contact - Email address

Emergency contact - Telephone number

Academic Qualifications

Please list the subjects and qualifications you are studying at school or college

E.g. Maths (A level), Chemistry (IB Higher), French (IB Standard), etc.

Please list your GCSE subjects and grades

Please list any other qualifications you hold or are currently studying

E.g. Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

Have you applied for or taken part in any other university work experience before?

YesNo

Please provide brief details.

Application Statement

Please tell us why you would you like to attend the Year 12 Work Experience Week.

Please try to cover the following: Explain what interests you about physics and/or astronomy, and what you hope to gain from the week. You should write between 100-200 words.

What do you intend to do when you complete your school / college studies?

If you intend to go to university what subject are you considering studying?

Teacher Reference - Details

We will contact a member of staff at your school or college to request a reference in support of your application.

Please provide the details of a teacher/tutor at your current school/college who is willing to verify your application and write a reference in support of your application. If your application is successful, this will be our school contact for your time at Queen Mary.

Tutor / teacher name

Tutor / teacher email address

Please note the following points:

We will contact teachers after the application deadline, so please do not worry if your teacher has not heard anything from us before then.
We will only contact your teacher if you have been shortlisted for a place on the programme. Once we receive the reference and the teacher confirms that the student is suitable for the programme, then we will send out an offer to the student.

Declaration

I certify that my answers are true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Full name

Today's date

Queen Mary University of London Data Protection Notice

This privacy notice explains how Queen Mary University of London collects and uses personal data of people who attend events organised by our Widening Participation team. It is in addition to Queen Mary University of London’s Data Protection Policy.

Why are you asking me for this? Collecting this information helps us to evaluate how good our activities are and see what impact, if any, we are having on helping students to access higher education. The lawful basis for processing your data used by Queen Mary University of London is consent. There are three main reasons why we collect your data:

For monitoring purposes: this enables us to fulfil compulsory external reporting requirements to regulatory bodies like the Office for Students (OfS), and gives us a clear picture of the types of students we are working with.
For evaluation purposes: this helps us to understand whether the activities we run are beneficial to young people in helping them to achieve their full potential at school and find out more about university. It also helps us to see how we can improve our activities in the future.
For applications and admissions purposes: if you choose to apply to study at Queen Mary University of London in the future, we may use your information to support your application.

What will you do with my data? We will store this information on a secure database until you are aged 30, and if you enter university within this time, your data will be kept for an additional 15 years after you graduate. In the short term, we will use it to help us assess if we are reaching young people from backgrounds that are currently underrepresented in universities. The data will be entered onto the Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT) database, where it will be stored in accordance with current data protection legislation. Once you leave school/college, your data will be sent to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). They will tell us if you went to university, if you finished your degree and if you found a job at the end of your studies. Your record will not be used in a way that would affect you individually. We won’t ever use your data to send you ‘spam’ emails.

Who will you share it with? Only to enable the research and evaluation described above, your data may also be shared with the Office for Students (OfS), the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), the Department for Education (DfE) or HESA, and our partners including HEAT service subscribers and the National Data Service. We won’t ever share your data with companies for marketing purposes.

Will my data be safe? Yes, very safe. We have to comply with strict data protection laws to make sure that we protect your personal details; we comply with the Data Protection Act.

Can I change my mind? Yes. You have the right to ask us to delete your data at any time, just email wp-dataprotection@qmul.ac.uk to do this. You also have the right to ask us what data we hold about you. For more information, including on other rights you have, please see https://www.qmul.ac.uk/privacy/

I’m still not sure… Please ask us about anything that concerns you or that is unclear. If you are really not comfortable with sharing your data, that is completely fine. You can still participate in our activities.

Data consent declaration

I confirm that:

I understand how my data will be used and I consent to my data being used in the way described above.I do not agree for my data to be used in this way.

Communication preferences

Additionally, I confirm that:

I would like Queen Mary University of London to send me emails about courses, open days, events and other marketing-related content.I would not like Queen Mary University of London to send me emails about courses, open days, events and other marketing-related content.