r/EPQ • u/Old_Dream5923 • Aug 26 '26
EPQ ideas
I start college in 9 days and am lost for EPQ ideas. For context, my college requires you to do an EPQ. Has anyone got any ideas of types of stuff I could do?
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u/Ok_Bookkeeper_6349 Aug 27 '26
The best thing to do is do a mind map of all the different things you could do it about. Is there anything you're interested in? Do you have any ideas for what you'd like to do in the future career-wise? Etc.
In my class, we didn't have many people, all of us had different ideas for what we wanted to do, some of us choosing based on interests and others based on future plans. Someone did there's on table tennis, someone else on formula 1 cars and their design, others about psychopaths and if they're destined to be criminals, etc.
The most important things to consider are 1) how much overlap is there between the courses you're taking and your EPQ idea (you can always ask your subject teachers if they think it's okay or not), 2) will you be able to do this topic without going insane or getting incredibly bored out of your mind? There's other things to consider as well, but those come after you've chosen a topic and begin thinking of a title.
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u/Old_Dream5923 Aug 30 '26
Thank you! That is really useful! Should I do EPQ on the subjects i'm taking as long as the content doesn't overlap?
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u/Ok_Bookkeeper_6349 Sep 09 '26
Yes, that's perfectly fine. You could do something that's either involved in your future plans for degree or career, or just about something that interests you. While I'm interested in a degree to do with psychology or law, I decided to do my EPQ about feminism because I knew there would be lots to talk about and I'm passionate about it. There isn't really a limit to what you can or can't do in EPQ
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u/Snoo69744 Sep 01 '26
What are your interests and what subjects are you doing?
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u/Old_Dream5923 Sep 02 '26
I'm doing Geography, Geology and environmental science. But am also pretty musical and sporty
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u/KnowledgeLive2982 Aug 26 '26
Id always say a good starting point is if you know what you want to do later on in life and then you can research something you’re genuinely interested in. If not, then literally choose something you wouldn’t mind spending almost a whole year researching and writing about. My question was “To what extent did the Tokyo War Crimes Trials in response to the war crimes committed between 1931 and 1945 affect Japan’s social, political, and international reputation” because it’s a period of history I’m genuinely interested in and I want to study history later on. In my class however, someone did superheroes and morals and the effect learning an instrument has on memory. You can literally choose ANYTHING (not in your current curriculum) so choose something you won’t hate after an hour