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The two components

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What is the Personal Investigation, how is it structured, and what does a strong one look like?

Component 1 the Personal Investigation: a sustained, independent practical portfolio on a self-chosen theme integrated with a personal study, worth 120 marks and 60 percent, assessed against all four objectives.
What the Eduqas Personal Investigation (Component 1) requires: a sustained, independent practical portfolio on a self-chosen theme integrated with a personal study of at least 1000 words, worth 120 marks and 60 percent, assessed against all four objectives.
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What is the Externally Set Assignment, how does the preparatory period work, and how is it marked?

Component 2 the Externally Set Assignment: a response to an Eduqas-set paper of starting points, with a preparatory period followed by a 15-hour supervised final outcome, worth 80 marks and 40 percent, assessed against all four objectives.
What the Eduqas Externally Set Assignment (Component 2) requires: a response to an Eduqas-set paper of starting points, with a preparatory period and a 15-hour supervised final outcome, worth 80 marks and 40 percent, assessed against all four objectives.
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How is Eduqas A-Level Art and Design structured, and what are the endorsed titles?

The structure of Eduqas A-Level Art and Design: a linear, portfolio-assessed course with no written exam, offered as endorsed titles (Art Craft and Design, Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Textile Design, Three-Dimensional Design, Photography, Critical and Contextual Studies), assessed by two components against four objectives.
How Eduqas A-Level Art and Design is structured: a linear, portfolio-assessed course with no written exam, offered as endorsed titles and assessed by two components (Personal Investigation 60 percent, Externally Set Assignment 40 percent) against four objectives.
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How do the 15 hours of supervised time work, and how do you plan and pace them?

The 15-hour supervised period of the Externally Set Assignment: the rules of the period, that preparatory work cannot be altered during it, and how to plan and pace the making of the final outcome within it.
How the Eduqas Externally Set Assignment supervised period works: the 15 hours of sustained focus, the rules (preparatory work cannot be amended during it), and how to plan and pace the making of the final outcome.
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What is the personal study, what must it contain, and how does it connect to the practical work?

The personal study: the written element of the Personal Investigation, a piece of continuous critical prose of at least 1000 words, illustrated and referenced, integrated with the practical portfolio and assessed against all four objectives.
What the Eduqas personal study requires: the written element of the Personal Investigation, a piece of continuous critical prose of at least 1000 words, illustrated and referenced, integrated with the practical portfolio and assessed against all four objectives.
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