Unit Structure and summary of the process

At both levels of Project Qualifications, the students get the opportunity to create an extended piece of work and to:

• select an appropriate topic

• identify a question or brief which specifies an intended project outcome

• produce a plan for how they will deliver their intended outcome

• conduct research into the project brief using appropriate techniques

• develop the intended outcome using selected tools and techniques safely

• demonstrate the capacity to see a project through to completion

• share the outcome of the project, including a review of their own learning and performance with others, using appropriate communication methods

The outcome of the project can be a written report, but it can also be a design, media production, performance, artefact or it may be a combination of these.

Assessment Objectives

Each project is assessed by the tutor-assessor who has overseen the student throughout the project process.

They are standardised and moderated internally by more than one marker in the centre, and quality assured by the awarding body by spot checking of both process and assessment.

Students need to produce a project proposal form verified by a tutor assessor, a written report, activity log, supplementary evidence and a presentation, in order to pass the qualification.

The assessment objectives are:

1. Manage AO1

2. Use resources AO2

3. Develop and realise AO3

4. Review AO4

Assessment objectives and weightings – Level 2

There are four assessment objectives for the Pearson Edexcel Level 2 Higher Project. These detail the knowledge, skills and understanding that the learner is required to demonstrate. They are as detailed below, along with the weighting that they are given.

Summary of the Processes