SPQ (Surrey Project Qualification)

The SPQ project is an amazing opportunity for our students to complete meaningful research relating to their subject areas and will help them to develop necessary practical skills that they will need in higher education, and indeed their careers, and will give them a chance to extend their interests beyond the curriculum. The main outcomes of the project are:

• To develop students’ academic literacy 
• To provide students’ with a direct experience of research 
• To develop students’ skills of collaboration, communication and self-management 
• To develop students’ presentation skills

The project itself is made up of three parts:

• A written literature review to introduce the problem and to showcase their research skills.
• Either a written report, a poster designed in LaTeX, a podcast or a documentary.
• A five to ten-minute presentation at the end of the school year to staff, parents, governors, mentors and other invited guests.

The project briefs that our students were able to choose from are below:

Here are some examples of the amazing literature reviews that our students have produced: