Study Skills

Course summary

This Level 3 qualification is designed to be added to a Programme of Study to allow detailed research and further work into a topic of the student’s choice. It can be taken alongside any Level 3 Programme of Study. Students are required, with appropriate supervision, to: • choose an area of interest. • Draft a title and aims of the project for formal approval by the centre • Plan, research and carry out the project. • Deliver a presentation to a non-specialist audience. • Provide evidence of all stages of project development and production for assessment. • Each student will work with a Project Supervisor who will help to guide the project and ensure that they document the process as they go along. However, it is the student who comes up with the title and the focus of the project. Why should I take an EPQ? This course is loved by universities and employers as it demonstrates that a student is capable of independent planning, research and delivery of a final project; all the skills necessary at the undergraduate level and in many careers. It also allows the student to get stuck into a topic in which they have a genuine interest, which may not be fully covered on the syllabus of their A-Levels/BTECs. The EPQ is graded in the same way that a normal A-Level is and it attracts half of the UCAS points of an A-Level: EPQ Grade to UCAS Points A* = 28 A = 24 B = 20 C = 16 D = 12 E = 8.