Year 12 Deliver Their Research at EPQ Presentation Evening

This evening, 22 Sixth Form students presented their EPQ projects to parents and staff. 

This highly regarded academic qualification carries UCAS points equivalent to half an A Level. Students undertake an in-depth research-based project to produce a ‘product’ which usually takes the form of a 5,000-word essay, an event, or an artefact. Students deliver a ten-minute presentation on their work to a live audience. These presentations show the many stages they have been through, the research needed and the methods used to collate their findings and reach their conclusion.

EPQ Titles

Projects range from scientific investigations and historical analyses to creative arts and innovative designs, highlighting the diverse interests and talents within the year group.

Sofia	How relevant is Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to modern debates about women’s autonomy in the western society?
Maya	Which is more effective at improving cognitive outcomes in Alzheimer's disease: immunotherapies targeting amyloid-beta or tau protein?
Ned	How does coeliac disease impact the psychological well-being and social development of adolescents?
Harry	Has immigration had a positive impact on the UK's economy in the past 20 years?
Jasmine	To what extent do biological and environmental factors influence introversion in childhood?
Edward (Artefact)	Why are biomimetic principles increasingly used in the design of robots for planetary exploration, and how effective are they compared to traditional engineering approaches?
Matilda	Are weight loss drugs an economically sustainable solution to obesity for the NHS?
Biba	To what extent are release decisions made for individuals convicted of homicide in the UK effective in reducing reoffending?
Fleur (Artefact)	Liberation or Limitation: the human cost of runway fashion
Harvey	Animal Testing in Modern Medicine: Necessity or Obsolescence?
Isabella	Is OCD primarily driven by neurobiological dysfunction, or do environmental factors play a greater role in its manifestation?
Zac	Has emerging technology benefited the football industry since the turn of the century?
Lilianna	To what extent are rehabilitation programmes effective in reducing youth re-offending rates in the UK, and what role does parental support play in their success?
Lily	How does early childhood bilingualism in the UK affect behaviours and cognitive development later on in life, compared to monolingual children?
Leo	Are individual or external factors more of a reason for rising levels of lifestyle diseases in the UK over the last 50 years?
William	Is creatine a safer, more effective and justifiable performance-enhancing substance than the anabolic steroids dianabol and testosterone?
William	How was voter behaviour influenced by traditional and social media in the 2020 US election?
Natasha	Did 9/11 improve Western counterterrorism strategies in the years 2001-2011?
Liza	Did the institutionalisation of Christianity in Russia restrict women’s expression of faith more at the beginning of the 20th century than at the end?
Kian	How effective are Service’s equations for Probability of Pairwise Shared Ancestry and Wright’s Island model at predicting cousinship?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artefacts

Find out more about the EPQ at our Senior and Sixth Form Open Morning on 26th September.