Guest speaker appearances include:
Africa's Great Leap Backwards - How international aid undermines development, International Development Conference, Newcastle University, November 08.
The Global Rise of Private Education for the Poor - A Libertarian Perspective. Annual London Conference of the Libertarian Alliance, October 08.
Towards the Total Privatisation of Education. Goodenough College Meeting Social Needs, October 08.
The Hole in the Wall Experiment - Lessons from India. Global Digital Solidarity Fund, Summer Session in Hammamet, Tunisia, August 25-28 08.
The Potential of Open Schooling in Africa: A Case Study of India's National Institute of Open Learning. Biennale on Education in Africa, Mozambique, May5th-9th 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, 16 - 20th July 07.
For-profit universities in developing countries. Welfare Beyond the State - 4th Mises Seminar, Sestri Levante, Italy, 5-7th October 07.
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James Stanfield
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Research InterestsJames's research interests include: a freedom based approach to education reform; the role of private schools for the poor in developing countries; the role of competition, entrprerneurship and the profit motive in education; higher education reform in the UK, 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. Latest comments from James on the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) blog. Selected PublicationsEconomic Affairs Column Ban political interference with tuition fees, December 2009 Papers & Reports Stanfield, J. (2009) Further commentary on the OECD review of the quality and equity of schooling in Scotland, Scottish Educational Review, 41 (1), 98-103. Tooley, J, Dixon, P, and Stanfield, J (2008) The Impact of Free Primary Education in Kenya: A case study of private schools in Kibera. Educational Management, Administration and Leadership 2008, 36(4), 449-469. How Good Are Scotland's Schools? Evidence from Home and Abroad (pdf) Policy Institute, Edinburgh, March 2007 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 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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