EPQ

What do you have to produce?

• A detailed reflective ‘Production Log’ documenting your research process

• Evidence of project planning

• An academic, fully referenced written thesis (5,000 words) or an artefact (practical piece of research) and accompanying academic report

• Evidence of a live presentation of your research (this usually takes the form of a printed PPT and accompanying cue cards). You have the choice to complete a practical or written piece of research.

If you choose to make a practical piece of research culminating in an artefact, you will need to write an accompanying academic report which should be approximately 2,000 words.

What might an EPQ project look like?

An EPQ project can take many forms. The requirements are that it must be a critically informed piece of research. Some examples of possible outcomes are listed below:

• Design – a toy/vehicle/website/stage set/blueprint of an invention

• Performance – a concert/play/debate/event

• Report with findings from an investigation – working with disadvantaged people/scientific study/ geography fieldwork/business venture

• Artefact – artwork/costumes for a film or play/ working model/video game/educational game

• Dissertation – critical analysis of the work of an author or film director