Study Skills

Course summary

The Extended Project is your chance to research any topic you are interested in, and to answer a question about it. Topics covered in 2018 to 2023 include cryptography, the Tuskegee syphilis trials, race in the Oscars, Chinese youth culture, Israeli history education, the role of dance in activism, how animals moved from water to land, American presidents, how to tackle climate denial, Spanish-based creole languages, radio-controlled gliders, dissociative identity disorder, using a sugar tax to tackle obesity, rewilding, why we sleep, why Concorde failed, religious freedom in Pakistan, the Chalcedonian schism, and the future of Test Match cricket. The Extended Project is worth 50% of an A Level. Some universities now include the EPQ in their offers. All universities see it as excellent preparation for independent study at university. It is also very useful preparation for interviews.