A study into the effectiveness of CyberEPQ

UK — Dept. for Science, Innovation & Technology · 2025-09-19 · UK · verified record

Ecosystems: UK Cyber Security & Resilience Bill

Research into the effectiveness of the Cyber Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), a Level 3 qualification in cyber security for people aged over 14.

May/2026 Magenta Book Central Government guidance on evaluation 3 Contents Foreword 6 Acknowledgements 7 Executive summary 8 1. Why, how and when to evaluate? 12 Summary 13 1.1 Introduction 14 1.2 What is policy evaluation? 15 1.3 Why evaluate? 16 1.4 What role does evaluation have? 18 1.5 When to evaluate? 21 1.6 Why start planning early? 23 1.7 Aligning evaluation with business planning 24 1.8 Types of evaluation 28 1.9 What is a ‘good’ evaluation? 30 1.10 Who are the stakeholders of evaluation? 32 1.11 Who conducts evaluation? 33 1.12 The stages of an evaluation 34 1.13 Openness and transp…