NewzJason Arday, who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week amid a high-profile plagiarism storm that featured racism claims, has been found dead. Cambridge professor Jason Arday, 41, was found dead in south London, days after resigning from the university amid plagiarism allegation. British academic Jason Arday, who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week amid a high-profile plagiarism storm that featured racism claims, was found dead on Friday, UK media outlets reported.
Arday, 41, died after being found unresponsive at an address in south London on Friday afternoon, Sky News and other media said, citing a statement from the capital’s Metropolitan Police Service. The scandal erupted after some academics and media reports accused Arday, who became Cambridge’s... His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.
Arday died after being found unresponsive in south London, according to British media; the plagiarism scandal erupted after some academics and media reports accused Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor in 2023, of plagiarising parts of his doctoral thesis The former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has been found dead. Jason Arday was found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, emergency services said.
Metropolitan Police officers were called by the London Ambulance Service. A 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been informed, the force said. Arday resigned as a Cambridge professor of sociology of education last week after allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements.
In a statement, the Met Police said: “At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious.”
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