Study Skills

Course summary

This course enables students to select, research, present and manage a topic of their own choice. The Extended Project Qualification carries as many UCAS points as a GCE AS Level (and more as it is the only AS to have A* as a grade). Its purpose is to add a further dimension to Sixth Form study and to stretch the more ambitious student. All students in the Sixth Form will undertake an EPQ. Participation in the EPQ should enhance a student's performance in all subjects and provide an excellent foundation for study at university. The course offers significant benefits as candidates: • undertake a significant piece of research which should be excellent preparation for university study • develop their skills in project management, analysis and presentation • have an experience of working independently which they can quote on their university applications and discuss at interview • gain an extra qualification in an increasingly competitive world