Professor Arday told University of Cambridge professor he ‘couldn’t go on’, hours before his death
‘He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny’ Professor Jason Arday reportedly told a friend that he “couldn’t go on”, just hours before he passed away. The former University of Cambridge professor was pronounced dead Friday, after emergency services were called to Daley Thompson Way in Battersea. Emergency services responded just after 3pm on Friday, following […]
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Jason Arday: Cambridge to review hiring after professor quits
Cambridge acts after resignation Cambridge University will review how it appoints senior academics after Professor Jason Arday resigned amid a plagiarism row, the institution has confirmed. Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor in 2023, stepped down on Wednesday after the university launched a probe into his “academic qualifications and honorary appointments”. As the Independent […]
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Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid plagiarism row
A scandal too big to stay A Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has resigned “with immediate effect”. Prof Jason Arday said he had “concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away”, days after the University of Cambridge launched an investigation into his “academic […]
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