E.G. West Centre

The E.G. West Centre, established in March 2002, is the UK&#8217;s only university research centre dedicated to understanding and developing market solutions in education. It us based in the School of Education, University of Newcastle, UK. It was named after Professor Edwin G. West who died on October 6, 2001. 

Its advisory council is populated largely by members of libertarian think-tank networks, including the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. It was formed by James Tooley, Pauline Dixon, and James Stanfield after they developed their course for the School of Education called Educational Freedom: A Global Perspective.

The expenses of the Education Freedom course, and a cash prize, were awarded by the International Freedom Project of the John Templeton Foundation.

Staff

 * Professor James Tooley, Director (also of Institute of Economic Affairs)
 * Dr Pauline Dixon, Research Associate
 * James Stanfield, Executive Secretary
 * Baolong Fan, Phd student

Advisory Council
Dr Sugata Mitra Director, Centre for Research in Cognitive Systems, NIIT
 * Nizam Ahmad Director, Making Our Economy Right
 * Dr Peter J Boettke Deputy Director, James Buchanan Centre for Political Economy
 * Lawrence Chen Director of Education, SIWA Corporation
 * Matthew J. Brouillette President, Commonwealth Foundation
 * Andrew Coulson Senior Fellow, Mackinac Center for Public Policy
 * Eustace Davie Director, Free Market Foundation
 * Douglas D Dewey Vice President, Children's Scholarship Fund
 * Steven Ferris Professor, Carleton University
 * Chester E. Finn, Jr. President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
 * Stephen P. Heyneman Professor, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
 * Dr Terence Kealey Vice Chancellor, Buckingham University
 * Dr Martin Krause Dean, ESEADE Graduate School
 * Jane Hofmeyr Director, Independent Schools Association
 * Dr Tam Man Kwan Dept of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong
 * Norman LaRocque Policy Advisor, New Zealand Business Roundtable
 * Prudence Leith OBE Chairman, 3E's Enterprises Ltd
 * Dr Myron Lieberman Chairman, Education Policy Institute
 * Greg Lindsey Executive Director, The Centre for Independent Studies
 * Dr Jack Maas Former Lead Edu Specialist, International Finance Corp
 * Dr John Merrifield Prof of Economics, University of Texas
 * Andres Mejia-Vergnaud General Director, Fundacion DL
 * Dr Kenneth Minogue Professor of Political Science, LSE
 * Barun Mitra Director, Liberty Institute
 * Rajendra S Pawar Vice Chairman & MD, NIIT Ltd
 * Ronald Perkinson Lead Education Specialist, International Finance Corporation
 * Professor Sir Alan Peacock Consultant Economist, David Hume Institute
 * Dr George Psacharopoulos Former World Bank Advisor
 * Dr Duncan Reekie Bradlow Prof of Industrial Economics, Wits University
 * Michael Sandler Chairman, Eduventures
 * Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Chairman, Edison Schools
 * Prof Lord Robert Skidelsky Prof of Political Economy, Warwick University
 * Parth Shah Director, Centre for Civil Society
 * Jose Luis Tapia-Rocha President, Instituto de Libre Empresa
 * Sunny Varkey Chairman, Varkey Group
 * Hu wei Director, Non-Government Education Institute
 * Y.C. Richard Wong Professor, Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research
 * Chris Woodhead Research Professor, Buckingham University

Resources

 * Spinprofiles E. G. West Centre