Personal Project

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• There are three separate qualifications, each 60 GLH and 60 TQT (page 5), with unit codes "Qualification unit code: EL-PP", L1-PP and L2-PP (pages 7, 17 and 29). Learners are registered at one level by October, and "it is vital that diagnostic assessment is undertaken to ascertain the correct level for each learner" (page 46). Unlike WJEC, the Level 1 or Level 2 award is not decided by the total mark.
• Time is split: "Preparation time should take between 20 and 30 hours, and the assessment time should take between 30 and 40 hours" (page 5).
• Every piece of evidence is digital: "All evidence must be submitted digitally" (pages 9, 19 and 32), in formats including "video files, audio files, word processed documents and photographs or digital images" (page 45). Schools need recording equipment and IT for every learner.
• Evidence limits are enforced: "if their evidence exceeds the maximum evidence limits by more than 20%, tutors will stop marking at the point at which this is exceeded" (page 10). The portfolio limit is 1000, 1200 or 1500 words (or 10, 12 or 15 minutes) by level.
• AI may be used if it is referenced. Misuse means using it "to create original work that is then submitted as though it is the learner's own" (page 48), and learners must give the AI source, the query, the date and "a screen shot of the content" (page 53).
• Work is supervised: the evidence must be "produced under tutor-supervision" (page 45), and "Tutors must meet with learners a minimum of four times" during the project (page 45).
• Permitted support is set out for each level, and "Failure to record, and take into account when marking, assistance that goes beyond what is permitted, is a form of malpractice" (page 44).
• Group projects are allowed, but each learner "must have a clearly defined role within the group" and produce an individual portfolio and reflection (page 45).
• Learners must keep work safe and private: the proposal "Is stored securely, reminding learners to regularly backup their work" and "Is not to be shared with others (including on social media)" (page 43). In recordings, "Each learner must identify themselves at the start of each recording" (page 57).
• Assessment is "available once per year, in the summer exam series", with a January resubmission window for learners graded Unclassified, and it is "available in English and Welsh, or a combination of the two languages" (page 51).
• The document has errors: the "Entry codes" heading on page 58 has no content, the mark schemes refer to the Assessment Information section "on page 39" when it starts on page 42, the purpose list on page 4 ends with a cut off word ("relevant to the qualification ter"), and no mark to grade boundaries are printed (page 54). Mark scheme bands are labelled "Level 1" to "Level 4", which is easy to confuse with the qualification levels.

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The RSL Personal Project covers the same ground as the WJEC Personal Project Entry Level and the WJEC Personal Project Level 1 and Level 2: both are 60 guided learning hour projects on a topic the learner chooses, built on the four integral skills, marked by the centre and moderated externally. The differences are structural. RSL has three separate qualifications, so the level is chosen at registration, where WJEC awards Level 1 or Level 2 from the total mark; RSL marks four criteria out of 20 where WJEC marks 20 learning outcomes; RSL requires all evidence to be digital within fixed word or minute limits, where WJEC accepts any format with a suggested 2,000 words; and RSL asks for AI references with query, date and screenshot but no formal referencing style, while WJEC rewards Harvard style referencing at the top band. Planning and SMART goals overlap with the WJEC Skills for Work unit Personal Development Planning. RSL's starting points are themed on the creative industries, so projects often build on GCSE Digital Media and Film, GCSE Music, GCSE Drama or the WJEC VCSE Performing Arts and VCSE Creative and Media Production, and Technology.