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Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...techniques such as portfolio theory can be used to determine how much of an investor’s portfolio to put in each asset 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...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...techniques to manipulate cells or genes in order to improve athletic performance, falls under our definition of doping by being a prohibited method. Activity 6 Three main arguments against gene doping Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Listen to the following audio in which you will hear Michael Sandel (an academic) talk about his position against gene doping. To what extent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...techniques. Let us briefly consider each of these factors in turn. 1 The decision makers Different people approach decision making in different ways. Individuals are unique in terms of their personalities, abilities, beliefs and values. They also each have traditions of understanding out of which they think and act. Even when the same data is apparently available to all,...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...techniques such as supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning. The term ‘Machine Learning’ was introduced by Arthur Samuel in 1959. Samuel, an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and AI, created a program that played draughts against itself. The machine analysed the game through repetitive plays, identifying strategies to win...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...techniques that are different from classical statistics. But I think generally when people say data science they’re basically just trying to come up with a cooler way. It’s like statistics only you can become a billionaire and set up the next Facebook or something. So I think that’s what’s really going on. A little bit of hype but data are powerful, and Hal Varian...
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Audio 20 mins
Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...techniques that would seem quite fresh and modern now. And it was about, in fact, danger of man at work, was really what it was about, so it was looking at logging and mining, all of those kinds of things, so going back very early on, our environmental credentials go back a long way. And as time went on and filmmaking became more sophisticated, I think just the kind of...
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Video 30 mins
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...techniques of appraising and analysing film music through classroom activities...Using film music in the classroom: 1.1 Experiencing film music - People hear and experience film music differently, and it is important to respect and explore this subjectivity. No answer is wrong, but merely representative of different cultural perceptions. ‘All that I can say about my...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...techniques used and the how the use of polymerisation can be used to control the structure of polymers...This free course, Introduction to polymers, examines the use of polymers and demonstrates how their properties are controlled by their molecular structure. You will learn how this structure determines which polymer to use for a particular product. You will also explore...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs