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Level 3 Extended Project Qualification
ENRICHMENT - YEAR 2
What is the Extended Project
Qualification?
The extended project ...
◦ involves you identifying, designing, planningand then completing an individual project on atopic of your choosing.
◦ To do this, you find and select information froma range of sources and then:
1. Write a dissertation or investigation; createan artefact or performance using appropriateskills and technology.
2. Evaluate the project including reviewing yourown performance and presenting yourfindings to an audience.
What topics can I choose?
As long as there is no significant overlap with your existing courses you can choose almost any topic or focus. You can complete a project by:
Looking at an issue or idea in greater depth.
Taking a broader perspective on something you have considered previously.
Looking at a topic or idea you’ve not studied before.
Recent Projects include
Dissertations on antibiotic resistance; female Tudor Monarchs;the impact of social media in US politics; assisted suicide; healthand mental health issues.
Artefacts involving a photographic exhibition; the creation ofshort films and pieces of music; anthologies of poetry; shortstories; artwork; website design.
Investigations into soil and climate change; online dating; genderand the law; online service provision at Worcester Bosch.
Understand the issue
Design your approach
Conduct your
research
Analyse your
findings
Produce your work
Review your outcome
Types of Extended Project
Dissertation
Research and answer a question using the
work of others.
Performance
Develop, explain and showcase a
performance.
(e.g. music, drama, sport)
Investigation
Set and test a hypothesis using your own
research and the work of others.
Artefact
Design, develop and create a ‘product’.
If you choose the Extended
Project
You will need to
Negotiate the scope of your project with your EPQ
supervisor.
Identify and draft objective(s) for your project (e.g. identify
a question to be answered; a problem to be investigated; or
outline an artefact or performance brief to be produced).
Produce a plan for how you will deliver the intended
outcome.
Conduct research that is appropriate to your project brief
to demonstrate you can take an extended project through to
completion.
Share the outcome of the project with another or others,
using appropriate communication methods.
Why choose the EPQ?
You will have the opportunity to carry out some genuine research ona topic of your choosing.
This will equip you with the skills of investigation, analysis, synthesisand evaluation which both universities and employers want.
Universities regard the EPQ highly and recognise the UCAS pointsfrom it.
Many universities now make offers including the EPQ, with anincreasing number of universities giving lower offers if you have doneone. Some take the EPQ into account if their offer has not been met.
The project also provides a focus for interview should you be offeredone.
It carries UCAS tariff points as follows
◦ A* 28 points
◦ A 24 points
◦ B 20 points
◦ C 16 points
◦ D 12 points
◦ E 8 points
Creating
Evaluating
Analysing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering
Testimonials
Carla Shipley – Dissertation
‘I did a dissertation on Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy for my
EPQ and also did some of my own research. These are both really
useful skills that I’ll be able to apply to my degree course
(Psychology). I really enjoyed looking really deeply into a subject
that particularly interested me as I felt really motivated to find out
everything I could. I also learnt useful skills like referencing and
reading scholarly journals’.
Josh Brazier – Dissertation
‘The extended project is an great opportunity to create or write
about something that you are highly interested in, or wish to explore
more through your university course. The qualification not only gives
you this freedom of what you choose to produce but also a sense of
security for your course as if provides those extra supportive tariff
points. I found my research on the link between Music and Fashion
really rewarding’.
Abby Wicks – Artefact (Film) on Feminism
‘I enjoyed completing my EPQ, mainly because it was a subject I
became passionate about, due to my learning and understanding
of the term feminism. I was also able to draw on my camera skills
when producing my EPQ. I picked an artefact rather than a
dissertation because my strengths lie more on the creative side. I
enjoyed the process, in particular hearing other people’s opinion
and improving my own confidence around interviewing teachers
and other students. I was really proud of the final edit and
watching other people’s reactions was very rewarding’.
‘
Darian Murray Griffiths - Dissertation
‘For my EPQ I researched social mobility in the 16th century and
asked whether it was a contemporary phenomenon or the
beginnings of modern meritocracy. I chose this subject because I’m
really interested in social, historical and political issues not directly
covered in my A Levels. From it I learnt that the results were more
nuanced than I first thought. In short, there's much more work to be
done to achieve a meritocracy in the UK. I really enjoyed the
opportunity to research a topic at a higher level and it was great
preparation for university’.
The Professor Michael Clarke
Award
Each year, the Worcester Civic Society kindly offers the Professor
Michael Clarke Award and Prize for the best Extended Project at WSFC.
In summer 2019 the winner was Mia Stevens. Her project focused on
the extent to which Henrik Ibsen challenges 19th-century Women’s
roles in his plays ‘A Doll’s House’ and ‘Hedda Gabler’. In this she
looked specifically at how Ibsen portrays female stereotypes and how
his female protagonists address the challenges of a 19th- century
patriarchy.
What to do
next?
As a first step, please email the address below to express your
interest and we’ll get back to you with more details of how to
propose and develop an idea for your EPQ.
EPQ Timeline
Summer Term
EPQ Launched
Summer term & holidays
Identifying project focus & beginning research.
Autumn Term
Autumn Term
Continue researching
Autumn Term
Drafting the project
Spring Term
Finalising the project
Spring Term
Hand in the project and do the presentation.