aug 5, 2026 - Cambridge professor Arday Resigns

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A University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has resigned "with immediate effect".

On Wednesday the university said it had launched an investigation into Professor Jason Arday "following new information" about his "academic qualifications and honorary appointments".

Arday - who became the university's youngest ever black professor in 2023 - has admitted errors in his work, but said he had faced "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack" and was not a "liar".

It came after a series of media reports questioning some of his achievements and allegations of plagiarism in his PhD thesis.

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