Youngest Black professor at Cambridge resigns as university investigates allegations of plagiarism - AP News

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge resigns as university investigates allegations of plagiarism  AP News

Met Police boss admits mistake over Cambridge professor plagiarism row

Sir Mark Rowley says his force "dropped the ball" after it investigated a reporter looking into claims about Jason Arday.

Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday – podcast

Jason Arday’s appointment as Cambridge’s youngest black professor made global headlines. Then questions about his meteoric rise began to snowball. Lanre Bakare reports. When the University of Cambridge appoints a new professor, it doesn’t usually make global headlines. But Jason Arday was different. He was just 37 in 2023 when he became Cambridge’s youngest black professor, specialising in the sociology of race and education. The achievement seemed all the more remarkable because of his incre...

By Presented by Helen Pidd and Lanre Bakare, with Eli Block, Alex Atack, Nilufer Aumeerally and Brian McNamara; executive producer Homa Khaleeli

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge resigns as university investigates allegations of plagiarism - CNN

Youngest Black professor at Cambridge resigns as university investigates allegations of plagiarism  CNN

Cambridge star professor Jason Arday resigns amid plagiarism probe

A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest black professor ever at the University of Cambridge has resigned after the university opened an investigation into “new information” about his academic qualifications. Professor Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became a Cambridge professor in 2023, announced his decision late on Wednesday following weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising...

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Professor Jason Arday case will ‘provide racists who condemn DEI initiatives with a weapon’, academic warns

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

By Ellie Ng

Cambridge's youngest Black professor, Jason Arday, quits as university probes plagiarism allegations

A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest Black professor ever at the University of Cambridge has resigned after the university opened an investigation into “new information” about his academic qualifications.