APP Student Application Form

During the application process, Whilst you are completing your application form, you will receive weekly reminders from SMF with links to application and support resources. SMF will also send your name to your nominated teacher reference and ask them to give a brief reference for your application. SMF may share the status and outcome of your application with relevant teacher(s) at your school or college.

If you no longer wish to apply for the programme and inform us of your decision, your details will be removed from our system.

If you registered and started an application but did not apply, then we may contact you after the closing date to ask what your reasons were for our own research and programme development. We will not contact you again after this date.

If you are successful in your application, SMF will use the information from your SMF application (including your email address, eligibility, home city) to keep in contact with you, record your progress and provide you with opportunities on the programme.  This may involve sharing your name with your teacher referee or an employer who is providing an internship or hosting an event. We also use limited details (we describe what information below under the SMF Evaluation and Research heading) to undertake research – this will always be reported anonymously.

If you are not successful in your application, your personal data will be anonymised but we will store your school and eligibility status for our records. Other data including name, address, phone number, email, and emergency contact information will be permanently deleted from our system within 6 months of our decision on your application.