Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

ENRICHMENT

The Level 3 Extended Project offers you a free project choice so you can explore in depth an aspect of a subject you are studying or a topic in which you have a personal interest. It is worth up to 28 UCAS points.

The EPQ will help you develop and improve your critical, reflective and independent learning and to apply your decision-making and problem-solving skills. You will need to utilise and extend your skills in planning, research, analysis, synthesis, evaluation and presentation. You will need to apply all these skills creatively and demonstrate initiative and enterprise.

You will be assigned to a staff mentor/supervisor who will deliver the taught element of the project to include project management skills, research and presentation techniques, and methods of evaluation and analysis. These sessions may be teacher-led or include group discussion and feedback between peers.

There are four assessment objectives: Manage; Use Resources; Develop and Realise; and Review.

The Project can take a variety of forms i.e. dissertation, report, investigation, artefact, performance or design. The final outcome needs to be accompanied by a written component and presentation. The Project will be internally assessed and externally moderated on the skills demonstrated throughout the whole process.

The Extended Project Qualification will be a valuable addition to your studies if you are considering making an Oxbridge/ Medicine application, applying for a highly competitive undergraduate degree course or Apprenticeship or if you have a particular area of interest that you would like to develop further.

Course specification:

OCR H857 (HGS)

OCR EPQ Specification link

AQA 7993 (TPS & HBS)

AQA EPQ Specification link