Welsh Crucible 2016 Application Form

Welsh Crucible 2016 Application Form

Please submit your completed form to by midnight GMT on 7th March 2016. We regret that late submissions cannot be accepted. Please return the form as a Microsoft Word document (and not as a pdf). Please contact if you have any queries about any aspects of the selection process.

1 Eligibility

☐ I confirm that I have at least three years’ postdoctoral research experience (or equivalent).

Welsh Crucible Labs take place in Cardiff on May 26th and 27th, in Bangor on June 23rd and 24th, and in Swansea on July 21st and 22nd 2016.

You must commit to attending all three residential workshops. By ticking the boxes you are confirming your attendance at all of the following Labs:

☐ May 26th and 27th

☐ June 23rd and 24th

☐ July 21st and 22nd

2 Applicant Details

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First Name: Click here to enter text.

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What is your main academic discipline or, if not working in Higher Education (HE), your field of research? Click here to enter text.

3 Contact Details

4 About You

(i) Please tell us briefly about yourself and why you believe that you should be invited to participate in Welsh Crucible. Please refer to the criteria specified above. (1500 characters maximum)

(ii) Please demonstrate how you meet the criterion of excellence in research. Include key communications - for HE applicants, please list up to 6 of your best research publications, for other applicants, this can include key reports or impact communications related to your work; research income generation; and your strongest indicators of esteem (e.g. invitations to present or communicate your work). (3500 characters maximum)

(iii) Please provide details of your work-focused activities outside research – such as public engagement activities or involvement with learned societies, external bodies, key stakeholders or subject groups. (450 characters maximum)

(iv) Please detail any relevant inter-/multi-disciplinary collaborations you have been involved in. What type of collaborations would you be interested in developing and what type of researcher would you like to meet if you were to participate in Welsh Crucible? (450 characters maximum)

(v) Please give an example of how you have demonstrated creativity and/or innovation in your work or through your outside interests (450 characters maximum).

(vi) What do you expect to be doing professionally in 10 years’ time and why? How might participating in Welsh Crucible contribute to this? (1500 characters maximum)

5 Optional Details

Where did you hear about Welsh Crucible?

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6 Equal Opportunities Monitoring

Welsh Crucible aims to support the development of highly promising researchers working in Wales and is committed to providing equality of opportunity irrespective of applicants’ sex; religious belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or whether they are disabled; or whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.

In support of our commitment to equality of opportunity we monitor applicants according to the categories listed below. Completion of this form (in all or part) is voluntary, but your assistance is appreciated. The information you give will not be used for selection purposes.

Age (as at 15th March 2015):

☐ 16-24

☐ 25-34

☐ 35-44

☐ 45-54

☐ 55-64

☐ 65+

Gender

☐ Female ☐ Male

☐ Transgender ☐ Prefer not to say

Disability

Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If ‘yes’ please specify:

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Sexual Orientation

☐ Bisexual ☐ Gay

☐ Heterosexual ☐ Lesbian

☐ Prefer not to say

Religion or Belief

☐Agnostic ☐Buddhism ☐Christianity

☐Hinduism ☐Islam ☐Jainism

☐Judaism ☐Sikhism ☐No religion

☐Other

☐Prefer not to say

Ethnic Group (categories based on 2001 census and listed alphabetically)

Asian, Asian British, Asian English, Asian Scottish, Asian Welsh

☐Bangladeshi ☐Indian ☐Pakistani

☐Chinese ☐Any other Asian background (specify below if you wish)

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Black, Black British, Black English, Black Scottish, Black Welsh

☐African ☐Caribbean

☐Any other Black background (specify below if you wish)

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Mixed

☐White & Asian ☐White & Black

☐African ☐White and Black Caribbean

☐White & Chinese ☐Any other Mixed background (specify below if you wish)

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White

☐British ☐English ☐Irish
☐Scottish ☐Welsh

☐Any other White background (specify below if you wish)

☐Prefer not to say

Nationality

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7 Data Protection

Information provided by you on this application form may be copied for use during the assessment process. Once the assessment process is complete, the data will be stored for six months and then destroyed. If you are a successful candidate relevant information may be taken from this form and used as part of your personal Welsh Crucible record. If you are unsuccessful and work in a Welsh higher education institution, your HEI will contact you to explore how it can provide you with further support and development in this area.

Cardiff University, on behalf of Welsh Crucible, is the data controller and all information will be treated as confidential (Data Protection Act, 1998).

☐ I consent to the use of information in my form in this way.

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