Tackle Tough Topics as an EPQ Expert

Every year our Sixth Form students are given the opportunity to broaden their studies and pursue an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and this year we're asking you to get involved.

An EPQ is a self-directed project that is worth half an A Level.  Students must choose a topic, plan, research and develop their idea and decide on their finished product. Students are encouraged to interview experts related to their research area and our community of Old Waconians and parents often support them by completing interviews or questionnaires. 

Previous year's topics have included: the treatment of women in the football society; the political, economic and societal impact of Coronovirus; the viability of fuel cell electric vehicles; the structural engineering of the Pyramids of Giza and the Burg Khalifa; and many more.

If you have expertise in an area and would like to support one of our students by answering some questions please contact er@chschool.co.uk as soon as possible, or comment on this story.

Mrs Dalton-Woods, Assistant Head (Independent Learning and Professional Development), leads the EPQ programme at CHS: “A successful EPQ allows a pupil to have a great passion in the research topic: interest and curiosity in a subject are the fuel of motivation to keep you going deeper in order to answer a research question – an Extended Project Qualification is not a ‘lukewarm’ enterprise! Experts in the chosen field are key to unlocking thinking and further research.”