Closing date for applications: Wednesday 1 May 2024
Applying for Science Insights 2024 (Mon 22– Fri 26 July 2024)
Science Insights is ONLY for current S5 pupils at high schools in Scotland, who will be entering S6 in August 2024.
40 places are available and these will be assigned after the closing date (1 May 2024) and NOT on a “first come, first served” basis.
If you’d like to apply for a place, please complete the form below by 11:59pm on Wednesday 01 May 2024. If you have any questions and/or require the form in a different format please contact us.
The Science Insights 2024 information session took place on Wed 13 March 2024. In it the team described the programme, how to apply and the support that is avaiable.
Watch the Science Insights 2024 Information Session
Please note that Science Insights is not designed as a work experience programme for school pupils planning to study Medicine at university. Instead, it is aimed at those who are curious about research in biological, biomedical and animal sciences, and/or those who may still be deciding which areas to explore.
You can find out all about the University of Edinburgh's Medical degree course and support for school pupils thinking of applying on their website.
Who can apply to Science Insights?
We welcome applications to Science Insights if you are:
Widening participation is at the heart of the University of Edinburgh’s agenda, so we work with the Widening Participation team to ensure places are assigned to pupils from a range of social, cultural and educational backgrounds. We use the information provided on application forms to do this, so please ensure you answer all of the questions as fully as possible.
We realise that not everyone has the same ability to access this type of opportunity, and we are looking into ways to support pupils who may have difficulties accessing Science Insights, for example help with transport costs if you are unable to use your entitlement to free bus or coach travel to get to Edinburgh each day (lunch and snacks are provided each day of Science Insights week), or additional support during the programme if you need it.
There is a place on this application form to tell us about any additional support you might need to enable you to take part in Science Insights, and you can also contact us in confidence before applying if you have any questions or concerns about taking part by emailing scienceinsights@ed.ac.uk or filling out the contact form on our website.
Providing this information will not count against you in your application and we will try to help all successful applicants to access the programme, as far as we can.
How do we decide who gets a place on Science Insights?
Places on Science Insights are limited and we can only judge your application based on the answers you give us on your application form.
We are looking for applications that tell us something about you as a person, and show that you are:
The three questions on the application form are about:
We appreciate that you may be applying to multiple online summer programmes. From experience, we know that you will get the most out of Science Insights if you fully commit to it. If you are lucky enough to be offered a place on more than one programme, please think carefully about which one you would find most useful, and only accept a place on one. This also means that a place can be offered to someone else, who will definitely appreciate it!
You can withdraw your application to Science Insights at any time before the 1 May closing date by emailing scienceinsights@ed.ac.uk.
SCIENCE INSIGHTS 2024 APPLICATION FORM
Your personal details
We use the answers to these three selection questions to decide who gets a place on the Science Insights programme, so please think carefully about your answers and remember to make them unique to you.
We want to make sure that Science Insights is accessible for everyone, so please use the next part of the application form to let us know whether you might have any difficulty accessing the programme, and/or whether you might need any type of additional support to take part in Science Insights.
Please be reassured that providing this information will not count against you in your application and we will try to help all successful applicants to take part in Science Insights, as far as we can.
We work with the University of Edinburgh's Widening Participation team to ensure that Science Insights places are assigned to students from a range of social, cultural and educational backgrounds. Please complete this section to tell us a little more about yourself.
Note that if you select ‘prefer not to say’ we will not be able to take that factor into account when considering your application.
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