Ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead days after resigning over plagiarism scandal

Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday has been found dead in south London days after resigning amid a plagiarism controversy, according to a report by SaharaReporters. Arday, 41, was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday, with the Metropolitan Police treating his death as unexpected but not suspicious.

He had resigned as Cambridge’s Professor of the Sociology of Education following allegations of plagiarism, data fabrication and questions over claims in his academic biography, including inconsistencies in his PhD thesis and inflated personal achievements. Arday had denied the allegations.