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Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...variable cost. However, in the agricultural sector it is not unusual to class labour as a fixed cost, such as in dairy production. Typically in dairy production, employee costs are considered fixed, because labour use is not directly related to the quantity of output. The number of employees on a farm are often low and work needs to be done to run the dairy farm, for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Open Thinking
OpenLearn Ireland

Open Thinking

...sequence hints at the rich diversity of the world class research that is undertaken both on the main Walton Hall campus and in collaboration with top ranked institutions elsewhere in the UK and worldwide. Follow the listed links to find out more about the depth and breadth of Open University research, or to explore the repository of publications in Open Research Online....
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Video 2 mins
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...class. Portfolio theory can also be used to determine so-called model portfolios which offer optimised benchmarks for investors with the same objectives and constraints...This course looks at how to take investor objectives and constraints and turn them into a portfolio which aims at achieving an expected return and level of risk appropriate for the investor. In this free...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...variable, viven en casas grandes y automatizadas de metal gris y ventanales inmensos en grupos de 4 parejas y en perfecta armonía. El crimen ha desaparecido y no hay necesidad de policías ni ejércitos. Sin embargo, la superpoblación hace la actividad de cada máquina cada día más limitada y todas están empezando a oxidarse...Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts: El...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...class. Validate mental calculations. Children will not see the point in having to write down a method of arithmetic for a calculation they can do in their head. Nor should they have to: mental calculation is a perfectly good way of working out the answers to number questions, so encourage its use...Week 1: Teaching and learning: whole numbers and decimals: 3 Developing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
The history of Blaenau Gwent
History & The Arts

The history of Blaenau Gwent

...class identity and community solidarity. The fact that these events feature so prominently in the timeline suggests an ongoing commitment to the left-wing politics that shaped them. The importance of women as lynchpins of community, especially in times of adversity, is also highlighted. The final slide looks at the Six Bells Guardian, a memorial to those who lost their...
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Article 5 mins
Los sonidos del Español en su historia
Languages

Los sonidos del Español en su historia

...de textos correspondientes a distintas etapas de la historia de la lengua española, a partir de los cuales se puede observar su evolución...A excepción del primero, todos ellos son textos literarios compuestos por autores y autoras que cuentan con un gran reconocimiento por su dominio de la lengua. Edad Media - Glosa emilianense Una de las primeras ......
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Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...variables and expectation and the Poisson process. Modelling events in time consists of material from M343 Book 2, Modelling events in time and space, and has six sections in total. You should set aside about two to three hours to study each of the sections; the whole extract should take about 16 hours to study. The extract is a small part (around 8%) of a large course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs