It is with enormous regret that we must announce the cancellation this weekend’s researchED event.

This has been done, of course, in response to the Corona Virus, and to combat its spread through social distancing. It is a decision imposed on us by the Public Health Agency of Sweden, who have insisted on a ban of events with 500 or more people:

I think it is the right thing to do, in the circumstances, and as an act of prudence and preservation, particularly for this members of our communities who are more at risk.

We regret any inconvenience and disappointment this has caused you, and we thank you both for your intended attendance, and for your understanding at this difficult time.

We intend to postpone/ reschedule this event rather than cancel it fully. We will be in touch to ask if you would kindly join us again in the future.

As a result, we would like to offer the following options regarding tickets:

1. Keep your ticket and it will be valid at the next event we organise. We hope that this will be in September-November 2020 sometime.

2. Request a refund. Do remember that tickets for researchED are highly in demand, and for this event we had a waiting list of several hundred, so it may be more prudent to hold on to your ticket if you want to come again.

If possible we would be extremely grateful if you could retain the ticket for the next event as we are a volunteer only organisation with very limited administration.

If you have incurred any expenses in this process, our advice would be- in the first instance- see if travel companies, airlines etc will refund or cancel your tickets, or if your institutions would absorb the cost in the event of them having insurance for such circumstances.

Once again, my sincerest regret at the way this has turned out, but I hope you will agree with us when we say that the public health, and the public good must come first, and it would be inconsiderate to proceed in the face of government advice. Please be safe, be well, and look after one another. We hope to see you with better news very soon.

Yours sincerely

Tom Bennett

Eva Hartell

Sara Hjelm

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Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Editor of ‘Flip the System UK: A Teachers’ Manifesto’, researcher and writer, Cambridge

Anita Norlund, Professor in Educational Research and Development, Borås University
Eamon Costello, Programme Director, Information Technology programmes, Dublin City University
Lars Mouwitz, Professor Emeritus at Linneaus University, Växjö

Elisabeth Nihlfors, Professor in Educational Leadership, Uppsala University
Beth Greville-Giddings, Research Lead & Teaching Assistant, Westbury Academy, Nottingham

Pernilla Lundgren, PhD, Educational consultant

Mark Aston, Teacher of English Language & Literature – UK and International
Clare Sealy, Head of Curriculum and Standards for the States of Guernsey
Camilla Gramstad Hagevold, Education blogger and Deputy head teacher at Undheim school, Jæren Norway

Dawn Cox, Secondary teacher, Religious education, Essex
Efrat Furst, Education and science communicator, Harvard University, Boston

Paul Kirschner, Distinguished University Professor, Open University Neatherlands
Oliver Caviglioli, Visualiser of educational ideas and processes, London

Martin Robinson, Education Advisor: Royal Society of Arts

Anders Jönsson, Professor in Science Education Research, Kristianstad University

Mark Aston, Head of English, British School of Nanjing

Daniel Muijs, Head of Research, Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
Richard Selfridge, Teacher and Writer, Databusting for Schools
Tom Bennett, Founder researchED
Harry Fletcher-Wood, Associate Dean, Institute for Teaching
Eva Hartell, Researcher, Haninge municipality, & KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Claire Stoneman, Deputy of Academy and teacher of English, Birmingham
David Didau, Author & consultant

Keven Bartle, Principal Canons High School, London
Cecilie Hansen, Researcher at NORCE & SLATE, University of Bergen