Skill Development Tracker
I am very interested in pursuing a sport or biology-based degree at university and so an EPQ in either
Biology or Sport would provide me with lots of knowledge and potentially aid my degree. However, I am
also open to producing an EPQ on my hobbies as I will be interested in completing an EPQ on an area I am
interested in. I would also like to gain lots of skills that may aid me at university. I take three A-Levels in PE,
Geography and Biology so ideally, I like to pick an EPQ in something that may aid these A-Levels without
diving into the specification.
I would like to develop a variety of transferrable skills that not only assist me in my future career but
also give me a sense of personal success for completing an EPQ.
I also wanted to keep a record of skills I have gained from completing an EPQ as this would assist
my evaluation stage. This will show my progression throughout the project.
1
, 10th October – Prior to research.
Skill Reason for wanting to develop this skill Current
assessment
of my
strength in
this skill –
Rating /10
Software skills My software skills are quite basic at the moment, and I am quite 5
slow when it comes to using platforms other than Word and
PowerPoint. I really see the value in improving my software skills in
a world where we are becoming increasingly dependent on
technology. I have seen many people able to use software to finish
tasks more efficiently than me and it frustrates me.
Critical analysis I feel as if my critical analysis is often quite poor, evidently in my 4
coursework in high school I often missed important analysis which
would have improved my work. This could lead to poor decision
making and so I would like to improve this skill so that I can
appropriately make decisions.
Dissertation I have never had experience of writing a dissertation before, but I 3
writing understand that this skill could be linked with writing essays which I
skills was fairly good at, e.g. in my GCSE English Literature/Language.
This is a skill I want to develop because I have seen that writing a
dissertation is a key skill for the university courses that I have
looked at. Improving this skill would definitely give me a foundation
for university.
Referencing I have only completed basic references before (GCSE 2
skills Coursework) and I know this will again be a key skill for writing
dissertations at university. I would like to understand how to
reference in a particular style so that I am efficient when it comes
to referencing at university.
Time Out of all the skills here, I believe this is the key skill I want to 3
management improve. I would like to improve my time-management skills
skills because it would significantly improve me as a person. For
example, If I was able to manage my time more effectively, I would
be and feel organised to complete tasks on time – something I
struggle with. I often procrastinate and so do not get tasks done.
Improving my time management skills would make me more
prepared for my exams because I will have revised at the right
times. Additionally, I will be able to transfer these skills to my day-
to-day life where I often find I do not have enough time to do
academic work as I play sports a lot!
Presentation My confidence is something which recently I have been trying to 6
Skills, improve and so although I do not think I am shy, I have always
e.g. confidence wanted to not worry about anything because poor confidence can
negatively affect my mindset.
Knowledge in I would like to gain knowledge in a topic, perhaps specifically in Dependent on
Topic something closely related to a career choice, which would give me topic
a foundation to assist me in the future.
Connections I would like to start making myself more well-known as I will be 1
with able to put this on my CV and personal statement to make my
other people/ application look more attractive. Furthermore, developing links with
businesses an organisation may increase my chances of completing a work
/companies/ placement year when completing a degree at university.
organisations
2
I am very interested in pursuing a sport or biology-based degree at university and so an EPQ in either
Biology or Sport would provide me with lots of knowledge and potentially aid my degree. However, I am
also open to producing an EPQ on my hobbies as I will be interested in completing an EPQ on an area I am
interested in. I would also like to gain lots of skills that may aid me at university. I take three A-Levels in PE,
Geography and Biology so ideally, I like to pick an EPQ in something that may aid these A-Levels without
diving into the specification.
I would like to develop a variety of transferrable skills that not only assist me in my future career but
also give me a sense of personal success for completing an EPQ.
I also wanted to keep a record of skills I have gained from completing an EPQ as this would assist
my evaluation stage. This will show my progression throughout the project.
1
, 10th October – Prior to research.
Skill Reason for wanting to develop this skill Current
assessment
of my
strength in
this skill –
Rating /10
Software skills My software skills are quite basic at the moment, and I am quite 5
slow when it comes to using platforms other than Word and
PowerPoint. I really see the value in improving my software skills in
a world where we are becoming increasingly dependent on
technology. I have seen many people able to use software to finish
tasks more efficiently than me and it frustrates me.
Critical analysis I feel as if my critical analysis is often quite poor, evidently in my 4
coursework in high school I often missed important analysis which
would have improved my work. This could lead to poor decision
making and so I would like to improve this skill so that I can
appropriately make decisions.
Dissertation I have never had experience of writing a dissertation before, but I 3
writing understand that this skill could be linked with writing essays which I
skills was fairly good at, e.g. in my GCSE English Literature/Language.
This is a skill I want to develop because I have seen that writing a
dissertation is a key skill for the university courses that I have
looked at. Improving this skill would definitely give me a foundation
for university.
Referencing I have only completed basic references before (GCSE 2
skills Coursework) and I know this will again be a key skill for writing
dissertations at university. I would like to understand how to
reference in a particular style so that I am efficient when it comes
to referencing at university.
Time Out of all the skills here, I believe this is the key skill I want to 3
management improve. I would like to improve my time-management skills
skills because it would significantly improve me as a person. For
example, If I was able to manage my time more effectively, I would
be and feel organised to complete tasks on time – something I
struggle with. I often procrastinate and so do not get tasks done.
Improving my time management skills would make me more
prepared for my exams because I will have revised at the right
times. Additionally, I will be able to transfer these skills to my day-
to-day life where I often find I do not have enough time to do
academic work as I play sports a lot!
Presentation My confidence is something which recently I have been trying to 6
Skills, improve and so although I do not think I am shy, I have always
e.g. confidence wanted to not worry about anything because poor confidence can
negatively affect my mindset.
Knowledge in I would like to gain knowledge in a topic, perhaps specifically in Dependent on
Topic something closely related to a career choice, which would give me topic
a foundation to assist me in the future.
Connections I would like to start making myself more well-known as I will be 1
with able to put this on my CV and personal statement to make my
other people/ application look more attractive. Furthermore, developing links with
businesses an organisation may increase my chances of completing a work
/companies/ placement year when completing a degree at university.
organisations
2
