TV & Radio

Radio 5 Live, Tony Livsey, 18th May 2010.Tony's opening debate is about university fees and who should pay - students or the taxpayer?

Press TV discussion on higher education, April 2010.

Beyond Westminster, Radio 4, 16th August 2008. Sheena McDonald asks if it's true that Scotland's education system is the best in Britain.

Letters

Stay out of science, Do we want the future determined by politicians? The Times, April 12th 2010

No such thing as free study, Times Higher Education, 17th December 2009.

Evidence? What Evidence? Times Higher Education, 24th September 2009.

Conference talks

Africa's Great Leap Backwards - How international aid undermines development, International Development Conference, Newcastle University, November 2008.

The Global Rise of Private Education for the Poor - A Libertarian Perspective. Annual London Conference of the Libertarian Alliance, October 2008.

Towards the Total Privatisation of Education. Goodenough College Meeting Social Needs, October 2008.

The Hole in the Wall Experiment - Lessons from India. Global Digital Solidarity Fund, Summer Session in Hammamet, Tunisia, August 2008.

The Potential of Open Schooling in Africa: A Case Study of India's National Institute of Open Learning. Biennale on Education in Africa, Mozambique, May 2008.

White Mischief with Education in Kenya, Independent Schools Council 2007 Annual Conference, London, March 2007.

The growth of private schools for the poor in Africa. Freedom Week 2007, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, July 2007.

For-profit universities in developing countries. Welfare Beyond the State - 4th Mises Seminar, Sestri Levante, Italy, 5-7th October 2007.

James B. Stanfield

james.stanfield@ncl.ac.uk
0191 222 3503
07966 865 860

Research Interests

James's research interests include: market based solutions in education; the right to education; the development of private schools for the poor in developing countries; inclusive business models in education; education as a spontaneous order; the history of private education prior to state intervention and the hidden costs and unintended consequences of government intervention in education in the UK and abroad. James is currently developing a 'freedom based approach' to Education for All. James is a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, London.

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Economic Affairs Column

Impact investment in education, June 2011

Richard Cobden on education, March 2011

Higher education and government subsidies, December 2010

The rise and fall of for-profit libraries, September 2010

A freedom based approach, June 2010

Why not Tesco schools, Sir Terry! March 2010

Ban political interference with tuition fees, December 2009

Privatize all business and law schools, September 2009

The profit motive in education, June 2009

The rise and fall of human capital theory, March 2009

Crowding out in education, December 2008

Africa's Great Leap Backwards, September 2008

Another Hole in the Wall, June 2008

Secret history of higher education in the US, March 2008

For-profit charities in education, December 2007

The Austrian Economics of Education, September 2007

The Broken University, June 2007

For-profit Faire Education Comp Schools, March 2007

NUT on Education, December 2006

Market Based Management in Education, September 2006

Free to Choose, Yes Prime Minister, June 2006

Seldon's Charge, March 2006

White Mischief with Education in Kenya, December 2005

An Association for UK Education Businesses, Sept 2005

Kenya's Forgotten Indep School Movement, June 2005

Adam Smith on Education, March 2005

Samuel Smiles on Education, December 2004

The right to education, September 2004

Bring back school fees, June 2004

Recent publications

Education for All: A Freedom Based Approach by James Stanfield, 2010 In (Eds.) Elliott, Fourali, and Issler Education and Social Change: Connecting local and Global perspectives, Continuum Books.

The Broken University - What is seen and what is not seen in the UK higher education sector, James Stanfield, Adam Smith Institute, 2010.

Taxpayer beware: the hidden cost of the taxpayer's helping hand. James Stanfield, THES. 04/04/10.
Adam Smith report calls for right turn to privatised academy, Melanie Newman, THES. 04/04/10.
Cap on tuition fees should be scrapped, BBC News, 04/04/10.
Abolish cap on tuition fees, Daily Telegraph, 04/04/10.

Articles, Papers & Reports

Self Help and Sustainability in Education in Developing Countries (2010) E.G. West Centre Working Paper No. 1.

Further commentary on the OECD review of the quality and equity of schooling in Scotland, Stanfield, J. (2009) Scottish Educational Review, 41 (1), 98-103.

The Impact of Free Primary Education in Kenya: A case study of private schools in Kibera . Tooley, J, Dixon, P, and Stanfield, J (2008) Educational Management, Administration and Leadership 2008, 36(4), 449-469.

The Potential of Open Schooling in Africa: A Case Study of India's National Institute of Open Learning. Biennale on Education in Africa, Maputu, Mozambique, May5th-9th 2008

How Good Are Scotland's Schools? Evidence from Home and Abroad (pdf) Policy Institute, Edinburgh, March 2007
- Scottish education system failing childre study claims, The Times (Scotland) June 10th 2008.

The Right to Choose? - Yes Prime Minister, Road Map to Reform in Education, Stanfield, Adam Smith Institute, 2006

Delivering Better Education (pdf), Tooley, Dixon & Stanfield, Adam Smith Institute, June 2005

Book Chapters

Education for All: A Freedom Based Approach by James Stanfield, Education and Social Change - Connecting local and global perspectives, Continuum 2010.

The Introduction of Free Primary Education in Kenya – James Stanfield Educational Reform in Africa: Essays on Curriculum, Libraries, Counselling, and Grade Levels, Edited by James, Valentine & Etim, James S. (2009)

Private Universities around the World by J Tooley & J Stanfield, in Can the Prizes Still Glitter? The Future of British Universities in a Changing World. Edited by de Burgh, Fazackerley & Black,

Market solutions for British education by J Tooley and J Stanfield, Margaret Thatcher's Revolution March 2006, Edited by Subroto Roy and John Clarke.

Edited publications

Education for All Through Privatisation? Economic Affairs - December 2004, Edited by J Tooley & J Stanfield.

Government Failure: E.G. West on Education, Edited by James Tooley and James Stanfield, IEA, December 2003 (Book review by John Eggar Towson University, US).

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