Level 3 Extended ProjectEdexcel (1 Year)
What is the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)?
An A level standard qualification (worth up to 28 UCAS points) awarded to those who demonstrate the following skills:
- Planning and Project Management skills
- Research and referencing skills
- Developing a question or an idea in order to produce a response
- Reviewing and reflecting on the outcome
Benefits of undertaking an EPQ
- The Russell Group of Universities value the skills gained
- Reduced/alternative offers from a number of university courses
- Worth up to 28 UCAS points (half of a full A level)
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Builds planning, management and presentation skills valued by employers
Course Content
What can be researched and produced?
Students can choose to do one of the following:
- A dissertation: for example, a study of the advantages and disadvantages of a particular medical treatment or solution to an ethical/political issue
- An investigation: for example, a hypothesis that uses statistical analysis to investigate the correlation between particular causes and effects
- A performance or event: for example, research into how to create a dramatic performance or a music event or a charity fundraiser or a sport skills training programme
- An artefact: for example, research into how to create a robot or a Victorian dress or a business website or a racing bike or a makeup prosthetic
Methods of Teaching
All students are offered the opportunity to undertake an Extended Project.
- 2 hours per week timetabled with supervisor
- From mid/late 1st year to early/mid 2nd year
- One to one advice
- Subject specialist workshops available
- EPQ skills workshops available
- Southampton University visits and support
