Study Skills

Course summary

The exciting thing about an EPQ is that the project is chosen by a student in any subject area of her choice: it could be one which she is studying at A Level or one which she hopes to study at university - for example, medicine, law, art, or photography - or something vocational (for example nursing or teaching). Although many students will opt to produce an extended essay or research project, others might decide to produce projects as diverse as a garment, a video, a play, the opening chapter of a novel, a photographic exhibition, or a musical composition. The first half of the Michaelmas Term is spent developing skills necessary for completing an EPQ such as research, academic writing and presentation. They then pin down a title and a supervisor is assigned. We expect the bulk of the work to be completed over the summer, as the final hand-in for all projects is straight after the October half term. At the end of the project students will be required to give a presentation - either to their tutor or to a larger group as they wish- and answer questions about their project. These are key skills which will be of value during the university application process and in the workplace. Past topics have included: • Is cheap meat worth it? • An artefact exploring how to create a sustainable homeless shelter • Is The Handmaid's Tale a feminist novel? • A film exploring the isolation of anorexia That's So Raven and its impact on its audience