Core: Reflective Project

The reflective project provides students the opportunity to explore an issue which particularly interests them, and to develop skills which will be of value to them in the future.

It is an in-depth body of work produced over an extended period and submitted towards the end of the CP. The reflective project is one of the CP’s four core components.

The reflective project is designed to draw together key elements of students’ wider scheme of study:

1. their career-related study
2. the other components of the CP core (language development, service learning, personal and professional skills)
3. their Diploma Programme courses.

Students are required to identify and explore an ethical dilemma associated with an issue that arises from their career-related studies and then develop a well-reasoned argument based on appropriate supporting evidence.

The phases of the learning journey include the following.

• Preparation and planning
• Research and analysis
• Development
• Presentation of findings
• Completion and submission

Students can choose to present their reflective project in two different ways:

Option 1 – A written essay (maximum 3,000 words) plus reflections (maximum 1000 words) on the Reflections on planning and progress form.

Option 2 – A written essay (1,500-2,000 words) accompanied by an additional format (film, oral presentation, interview, play, or display), plus reflections (maximum 1000 words) on the Reflections on planning and progress form.