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Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...learn how to assess investor objectives and constraints and how to turn them into an expected return appropriate for the investor, with an amount of risk suitable for the investor. In this course, you will also be introduced to how portfolios can be put together which meet investor requirements and also deal with the investor’s particular constraints, such as tax,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the key skills required to conduct a basic qualitative interview prepare effectively before conducting a qualitative interview consider some of the ethical issues that can occur during qualitative research think of some possible strategies for dealing with ethical issues know where to seek...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the major recent demographic changes in religion and ethnicity in the UK as revealed in the national census understand the overlaps and complexities of religious and non-religious identities appreciate hearing a variety of perspectives and stories from people with very different life...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: answer the question ‘what is population ageing?’ identify the core components of global health understand how population ageing and increasing life expectancy might be seen as a global health challenge...Population ageing: a global health crisis?: 1 Introducing population ageing - You are going to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain how and why the optical spectrum of an active or starburst galaxy differs from that of a normal galaxy explain how and why the broadband spectrum of an active or starburst galaxy differs from that of a normal galaxy describe briefly the observed features of starburst galaxies and the four main...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe different types businesses explain different ways of classifying businesses: by size, industry sector and ownership type apply these ideas to a real business through a video case study...Different types of business: 1 Categorising a business - Let’s start with an activity to get you thinking...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...learning to recognise, characterise and identify rocks...In this free course, An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope, you will experience the study of minerals using a polarising microscope. While the study of minerals can involve electron or ion beam chemical analysis, the polarising microscope remains the prime tool for the study of rock thin...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand something of the diversity, purposes and cultural and thematic breadth of research in music understand how research in music is developed and how it relates to wider cultural questions, practices and ideas...Introducing music research: 1 What is musicology? - Put simply, musicology is the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs