Prominent academic Jason Arday is a victim of vile racism — he also copied other people’s work

Yesterday, 5 August, Professor Jason Arday resigned from his Sociology post at University of Cambridge and Jesus College. When he took the job back in 2023, he became the youngest Black professor ever to teach at the institution. However, since that point, accusations of plagiarism have dogged his work. Several things

The professor resigned from his high-profile role at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday

Jason Arday: Times analysis finds ‘impossible’ data in his work  The Times

Jason Arday, the youngest black man ever to hold a professorship at the University of Cambridge, has come under fire for appearing to have lifted more than 100 passages in his PhD dissertation from another academic’s work.

A knife-wielding masked man. A pig’s head outside his parents’ door. Running 30 marathons in 35 days. The Cambridge professor Jason Arday, accused of plagiarism, says he’s been through it all. Not everyone believes him.