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Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...changed over time, and now include hedge funds and commercial property to provide yet further diversification. Table 1 shows the percentages recommended in 2000. Table 1: FTSE/WMA index weightings for different risk portfolios in 2000 MODEL PORTFOLIO INCOME (%) BALANCED (%) GROWTH (%) UK equities 50 55 60 Non-UK equities 5 20 25 UK Bonds 40 20 10 UK Cash 5 5 5 Total 100...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...changed in the world of business. Best bits Some of our highlights from the past ten years have been our special recordings with Evan Davis exclusively for OpenLearn. Still some our most popular videos on the subject, you can watch Evan's Reflections on the British Economy from 2011 and the audience questions he took afterwards - or remember when the OU Business School's...
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A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...change the player’s values? What would you do as the coach in this situation? Hardman et al. (2010, p. 345) acknowledge that the coach has a central role in influencing moral behaviour, stating ‘the coaching session, the training field, the changing room, the game, are all environments where children (and older athletes), alongside the presence of the coach, develop...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...change and development, or violent conflict and post conflict reconstruction, or project design and management. Diagramming serves three general purposes. To note down your thoughts on a particular problem, situation or issue (sometimes called your system of interest) in a way that organises those thoughts so you can see links and relationships between the different...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...change in the normal situation, caused for example by a wound, which gives them a chance to grow and become a menace rather than remain a harmless natural inhabitant. Commensals also maintain a natural microbial balance in the body and help prevent pathogens from becoming abundant. One of the most important groups of commensal bacteria is the genus Streptococcus, which...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...Changes in Newsgathering, which brought together technical experts working in the business of newsgathering in order to review developments. (A colloquium is a meeting at which specialists give talks on a topic or on related topics and then lead a discussion about them.) The introductory talk at the colloquium was presented by E.V. Taylor, who was at that time Head of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...changed dramatically. The election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 started a trend that continues to the present of supporting privatisation, less establishment worker’s rights and a decrease in Union with the aim of enhancing competitiveness. New Labour also adopted this “pro-business” perspective under the leadership of Tony Blair, despite the institution of some new...
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Does Brexit mean another Scottish Independence vote?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Brexit mean another Scottish Independence vote?

...in a year or two, but it isn’t right now – according to the latest poll, even a so-called hard Brexit in which the UK leaves the European single market would not be enough to give the yes side a decisive lead. Sturgeon may yet have to choose to pursue a referendum in circumstances she would clearly prefer to avoid: before the polls change in her favour....
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