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Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

Linear programming – the basic ideas

...world problems can be constructed. Section 2 looks at graphical representations of two-dimensional models, considers some theoretical implications and examines the graphical solution of such models. Section 3 introduces the simplex method for solving linear programming models and Section 4 uses matrix notation to formalize the simplex method...This free course examines...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Wild about wildlife: Explore the animal kingdom
Nature & Environment

Wild about wildlife: Explore the animal kingdom

...the natural world. Explore this collection of free OpenLearn courses and articles to discover more about mammals, birds, insects and other wildlife. Find out how different species have evolved and adapted to their environments, why biodiversity matters, and explore some of the pressures facing wildlife and ecosystems today, from invasive species to environmental change....
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Article 5 mins
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...world lessons? Lots of people have tried, most famously with the virtual world of Second Life, but most attempts have relied on novelty value and not on the other possibilities that these technologies can offer. Augmented reality can use electronic devices to extend users’ perception of their current environment to include and bring to life different times, spaces,...
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Article 5 mins
The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...world to industrialise beginning in the early 19th century. Although first considered illegal, unions were officially legalised in 1857. Over the next century, they would be influential in representing worker’s rights both in terms of collective bargaining with employers, helping to build a strong “Labour” political party and winning a number of generalised employee...
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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...World Health Organization has warned that we need to tackle rising obesity rates worldwide as a matter of urgency. It concluded that marketing for unhealthy food affects children’s preferences and we should reduce their exposure to it. In contrast, food companies use psychological research to argue that teens - unlike younger children - are competent decision-makers....
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How does nature tell the time?
Nature & Environment

How does nature tell the time?

...World Wars and the 1987 hurricane! So much history is lost in the mists of time, but not for trees. Everything that has happened has actually been recorded inside. Trees are the ultimate precise annual calendar. By opening up a tree we can learn about the environment it grew in and conditions that may have affected the human population at the time. But how is it possible...
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Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options
Money & Business

Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options

...world, Emmanuel Yujuico suggests that there might not be a single replacement hub in the future...[Lloyds Banking Group headquarters, London] Would Lloyds Banking Group abandon its London HQ for pastures new? The UK's self-inflicted wound called "Brexit" has not gone unnoticed by other European financial centers keen on picking up some banking-related employment and...
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Soil as the book of nature
Nature & Environment

Soil as the book of nature

...world and the extraordinary behaviour of living things. It seems that nature never fails to amaze the curious investigator; be it far, close or even underfoot. “We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” - Leonardo da Vinci. Yes, underfoot is the soil I want to talk about, which one of my professors fondly refers to as The Book...
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