Useful university resources

Durham

https://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools/programme/ks5/resources/

Manchester

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/connect/teachers/students/post-16/extended-project/resources/

Southampton

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/learnwithustransition/academic-skills-guides/index.page

Middlesex

https://www.mdx.ac.uk/study-with-us/information-for-schools/sixth-form/epq-support

Questioning and interviews

Structuring your writing

The three universities that have provided top report writing tips are Manchester http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/DocuInfo.aspx?DocID=8584 

Birmingham https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/libraries/student-pack-academic-writing.pdf and 

Essex https://www.essex.ac.uk/schools-and-colleges/sixth-form/resources#:~:text=Self%2DDirected%20EPQ%20Workshops,preparation%20for%20study%20at%20university.&text=You%20can%20also%20book%20an,ac.uk%20for%20more%20information.

 

Report Writing

Acknowledging references

Taught skills

<b>List of skills you will be taught
</b>
- how to select an appropriate EPQ title

- time management skills, overall project planning, preparing a project plan

- Managing the project - timeline, Gantt etc

- research skills and evaluation of sources with examples (RAVEN and triangulation)

- primary and secondary research

- report writing skills, structure of the written report

- preparing mid project review

- writing a literature review

- referencing and bibliography section

- external visitors from universities

- the ethics of research

- questionnaire design and analysis

- Use of IT for footnotes, index, table of contents, headers and footers, graphs and charts

- surveys and data analysis

- how to avoid plagiarism

- presentation skills

- reflection and evaluation

Primary Research