Essay project topics: Social media algorithms,  the Holocaust and inherited trauma, BPD, athletes and plant-based diets, veterinary bionic surgery, stem-cell research, A.I., the education system in Bangladesh, work practices in China, returning artefacts to the countries of origin, meritocracy and poverty, de-extinctifying animals, hip-hop’s cultural influence, synthetic fuels and the economic crisis of 2008.

Recent project-titles:

• Should a self-driving car be programmed to make ethical decisions?
• Will society benefit if human cloning is legalised?
• Is obesity the main cause of laminitis?
• Does the pink tax negatively impact the gender pay gap?
• Should the use of recreational marijuana be legalised in England?
• Has Twitter changed American politics since Barack Obama’s election campaign?
• Does extra-terrestrial life exist in the universe?
• Has feminism differed across the main English political parties from 1979 to present day?
• To what extent do the writing styles of men and women differ?
• Did the neglect of Afghanistan after the Soviet-Afghan war lead to the rise of Al-Qaeda and the events of 9/11?
• Can research in to the cancer resistance mechanisms of elephants help further treatments in humans?
• Was the Enigma machine used ineffectively by the Germans during WW2?
• Can mobile phones be considered a major factor in spreading pathogens and illness?
• Do audio, digital and printed text formats offer the same literacy effects to an individual?
• How strong is the evidence that the gut microbiota influences the brain and behaviour?
• To what extent has gender bias influenced the medical model of today?
• In the musical Whistle down the Wind, which group of characters are portrayed as the most authentic followers of Christ, the adults or the children?
• Should politics be taught in Primary Schools?

Artefact-projects: A poetry anthology, a roll-up coat that works from solar energy for homeless people and Harry Styles’ costume.  The learners researched, designed and evaluated a product and recorded their production-processes.  The projects have to be linked to research.  They also wrote a 1000-word report where they demonstrated evidence of the research and wrote about the production and testing of the product.