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Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...Introduction - This free course is on asset allocation in investment. To start with, you will 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...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...projected this niche into the future using climate models and scenarios, which revealed that all the models were in general agreement. They then combined this with satellite imagery to come up with the present-day forest coffee area, and the area projected in the future. Higher altitudes are forecast to become more suitable for coffee while lower altitudes are projected...
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Article 5 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...project took leadership - where are the leaders today?...[Senator George Mitchell, President Bill Clinton, Nancy Soderberg, Nelson Mandela]Senator George Mitchell, President Bill Clinton, Nancy Soderberg, Nelson Mandela For all its flaws, we have a peace to die for - something I have always thought is better appreciated from outside of us. It is a peace that depended on...
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Article 5 mins
What is language?
Languages

What is language?

...introduction to the history and social significance of our communicative abilities. Transcript If this piece has piqued your interest in the world of words, we have many language courses available for you to study. If you want to know more about the function and significance of language, we can particularly recommend the following courses: Or, if you’re looking for a...
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Video 5 mins
Build your personal brand
Money & Business

Build your personal brand

...of yourself. You’ll also learn quick, practical ways to talk about your brand, including a simple introduction technique you can use anytime. With a few tools, some honest reflection, and the support of others, you’ll build a brand that feels real, works for you, and grows with you. Start interactive [laptop with Build your personal brand interactive on the screen]...
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Activity 5 mins
Structural Integrity: designing against failure
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: designing against failure

...failure A short introduction to this album. Kinzua's Weakest Link An engineer's worst nightmare come true. Using aerial photography and forensic markers to investigate the precise sequence of the collapse. Reconstructing the collapse Connecting the failure at Kinzua to the Tay Bridge disaster. What lessons have gone into the construction of the new bridge at Mingo creek?...
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Audio 21 mins
Origins of The Cold War
History & The Arts

Origins of The Cold War

...Introduction to Origins of the Cold War Different ways of examining the cold war. Were Europeans players in The Cold War? Professor Anne Deighton explains the changes ways historians approach The Cold War. The politics of blame during The Cold War Has there been too much emphasis on the superpowers? Western European integration How did all the stakeholders reconcile their...
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Audio 23 mins
Ecosystems: the carbon cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: the carbon cycle

...cycle A short introduction to this album How plants make food The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world Recycling carbon How carbon is returned to the atmosphere through decomposition of organic matter The peatbog problem Why peatbogs are crucial carbon containers, and how atmospheric methane is measured...
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Audio 19 mins