Extra-curricular - EPQ
Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
Overview
The Extended Project Qualification is an additional qualification you can take alongside your A-level and Level 3 qualifications. It helps to develop research skills, time management, essay writing and a whole host of other skills that would be very useful at university and in your future career. Many universities make lower offers to students undertaking an EPQ.
It lets you study your own interests. Whether it's focusing on subjects such as Type 2 Diabetes and abortion, which will be relevant for those applying to study medicine at university, or a subject like Disney princesses, because you like Disney and have an interest in feminism, an EPQ gives you the freedom to study a topic that interests you and to enhance your university application and CV.