Tributes pour in for Jason Arday after his sudden death

Friends have paid tribute to British sociologist and professor Jason Arday following his death, days after he stepped down from Cambridge amid intense scrutiny over plagiarism allegations.

Andy Burnham calls for reflection after ‘a tragedy on so many levels’ in comments echoed by London mayor Sadiq Khan Andy Burnham has called the death of Jason Arday, who was found dead at his home in south London on Friday, a “tragedy on so many levels”. Arday resigned as a professor at the University of Cambridge last

His family said they were "in shock" to have lost him, adding a "campaign of misinformation" had been too much.

'The campaign of abuse was too much': Jason Arday's family pay tribute to 'gentle' former professor  lbc.co.uk

The former University of Cambridge professor had recently resigned over allegations of plagiarism

Prof Arday, a professor of sociology of education who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor in 2023, quit following a series of media reports alleging he plagiarised his PhD thesis