Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Topic
- Easy to fit with the EPQ
requirements
- Is your idea appropriate for an EPQ?
- For example, is your topic dependent
on a lot of support from others? An
EPQ requires independent study.
- Time
- How much time have you planned to
dedicate to your EPQ?
- Have you chosen a topic you can complete within the available time?
Think about your ‘Current knowledge’, the‘Ease of finding information’,
and the project's ‘Achievability’.
- Achievability
- Consider the scope of your topic.
- In other words, is your idea both big
enough and small enough to make a
convincing project within the word count?
- Personal interests
- You will be spending a lot of time on
your EPQ, so choose a topic that
interests you!
- Help available
- How much help do you
need with finding out
about the topic?
- Are you certain that there is
enough support for your choice
of topic?
- Your motivation
- Consider why you are doing your EPQ.
- If it is to enhance your UCAS Personal
Statement, choose a topic that does do this.
- Ease of finding
information
- Investigate how easy it is to find
the information you need.
- If this is difficult, you may need to
rethink the topic.
- Current coursework
- Remember your EPQ cannot repeat work you
have done in your A-Level or other coursework.
- It can extend something you have already
investigated, but it MUST NOT be the same.
- Ethics
- Is your project ‘ethical’?
- In other words, if your topic involves people in
some way, ensure you respectful both of their
privacy and in the way you discuss them.
- Current knowledge
- You may find it easier to choose a topic that
you already know something about.
- This will allow you to get a head start by
brainstorming what you know and
deciding what you need to find out.
- Think hard before choosing something completely
new because this may involve a lot more work!