Jason Arday: the Cambridge D.E.I. professor and his sad demise

On August 5th Jason Arday, Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, resigned after being outed for plagiarism allegations, personal qualifications and alleged achievements. The D.E.I. hire was appointed in 2023 as Cambridge's youngest Black professor, but investigations by the school cast doubts about his claimed accomplishments which became public. For example, Arday…