I share concerns over Arday appointment, says Cambridge University head

Vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice acknowledged the "anger and anxiety around this damaging and difficult case".

Cambridge to carry out independent probe into Jason Arday appointment

Move follows pressure from senior academics after university’s youngest-ever Black professor quit last week over plagiarism allegations

‘Always cracking jokes’: questions raised over Jason Arday’s claim he was non-verbal as a child

Fellow pupils at his primary school have challenged Cambridge academic’s story, though others support it The story of Jason Arday’s extraordinary rise to becoming the youngest black professor in the history of the University of Cambridge is all the more remarkable for one claim: that he did not learn to speak until just shy of his 12th birthday. This claim was mentioned in a letter announcing his resignation last week, which came amid mounting questions about his academic work and statements ...

By Lanre Bakare, Aamna Mohdin and Sammy Gecsoyler

Cambridge to investigate Jason Arday appointment after ex-professor quit over plagiarism row

Jason Arday quit his role as a Cambridge professor last week amid a plagiarism row

By Ellie Ng