Is a history themed EPQ enough for a history degree at a Russel group?

Okey dokie... So I am asking for a friend (literally) because she is not sure which a levels she should chose as she wants to keep her options open
She wants to either do biomedical science or maybe a humanities based course not sure yet
But our school will only let her do Maths, Further maths, bioigy and chemistry
Or maths, chemistry, biology and history (she wants to take further maths)
So she was wondering whether if doing an EPQ with a history theme alongside the first 4 would be enough to get her in
I want to give her sound advice so need some help, because I have not got the expertise. Thanks!

That seems quite limiting - why is school not allowing her to take any humanities A Levels?

Its more that she wants to do a combination that either has further maths or history, and she thought the EPQ would be a compromise

Other schools are available if she can't take the subjects which make the most sense for her at the one she is at now. She (and you, for that matter) should be considering whether her best option is to stay where she is for sixth form or go somewhere else anyway.

You shouldn't be advising her to do anything because this is potentially a big deal for her future and it's something you yourself know nothing about. I mean, it's a nice act to ask the question for her, but what you do next isn't to advise her based on how you interpret the answers you get here, it's to say "hey, I asked about history A level and EPQs on TSR, here's the thread, you might find it useful."

If she wants to keep her options wide open then she will need to not do four non-essay science subjects. Her best option is to go look at the requirements of some humanities courses which she might be interested in - if she is a high achieving student then at top universities, if not then at universities which require lower grades. For instance, I just randomly picked Bristol and history out of the air and here's the webpage:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/2022/history/ba-history/

You'll see that they require A level history. That means they require it, not that actually an EPQ is good enough. If an EPQ was good enough, they'd say so.

Meanwhile, City University London don't have any subject-specific requirements for their history degree - and does say that they will consider what someone's EPQ topic is.

https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/undergraduate/history#accordion502079-header2

I would be startled if someone who is considering doing four A levels and/or Further Maths would actively choose to go to City, but that's a decision for her.