Jason Arday: Thousands attend vigil and call for public inquiry

Large crowds have turned out in central London at a vigil for the former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday who was found dead last week.

Star academic Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, August 14, amid growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism.

Star academic Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, August 14, amid growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism.

Just days after this column warned that Professor Jason Arday was being disproportionately hounded, a relentless social media witch-hunt has ended in heartbreak and tragedy. As hypocritical bullies hurriedly delete their tracks, we must confront the sickening racism and mob rule that drove a human being to his breaking

Stand Up To Racism to hold vigil in Professor Arday’s memory in Trafalgar Square at 6pm on Monday

CALLS are mounting for a public inquiry into media coverage surrounding former Cambridge professor Jason Arday before his death.

Following the news of his death on Friday, which police are not treating as suspicious, his family and friends have denounced "a campaign of sustained abuse" since his 2023 appointment as a professor at Cambridge University.

Those who gathered were asked to remember how Arday made a "difference in our lives and in the lives of those around us".

Times letters: Public scrutiny and the death of Jason Arday  The Times

Andy Burnham describes the professor’s death as a ‘tragedy’ and calls for a moment of reflection

A VIGIL will be held for Jason Arday on Monday after the University of Cambridge’s youngest ever black professor was found dead following a “racist witch hunt.” Prof Arday was found dead on Friday after resigning from his post as professor of sociology of education amid allegations of plagiarism and the University of C

On 14 August, the 41-year-old academic Jason Arday was found dead in Battersea, London. His death followed a relentless media blitz in which the previously unknown professor was subjected the sort of relentless coverage which is usually reserved for heads of state. The media figures joining in should really known bette

PODCAST: Indonesia quake, Jason Arday dies, gas prices and Mount Etna  Reuters

Former University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who resigned following a plagiarism row, has been found dead at his home in London.