{"id":1000923,"date":"2026-08-14T20:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1000923\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:02:20","slug":"jason-arday-ex-cambridge-professor-accused-of-plagiarism-found-dead-in-uk-week-after-investigation-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1000923\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, found dead in UK week after investigation launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled Cambridge University professor Jason Arday was found dead Friday after quitting his job at the school over allegations that he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/world-news\/cambridge-prof-accused-of-plagiarism-made-up-jobs-at-2-other-universities-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plagiarized and lied on his resume<\/a>, according to a report Friday<\/p>\n<p>Arday, 41 \u2014 the youngest ever black professor at the lauded university \u2014 was found \u201cunresponsive\u201d\u00a0 in south London and later pronounced dead at the scene, according to the UK Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers,\u201d a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the paper.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40345621\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2025-arday-received-media-attention-136479714_1664de.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Arday in academic regalia, wearing a red cap and gown, in an indoor setting.\" class=\"wp-image-40345621\"  \/>Jason Arday resigned from Cambridge after being accused of plagiarism and lying about large portions of his life. YouTube\/St Mary&#8217;s University, London<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41436464;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40345683\" width=\"834\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/blu-s6672256-136565846_7a9ecd.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Jason Arday speaking on the &quot;This Morning&quot; TV show.\" class=\"wp-image-40345683\"  \/>Professor Jason Arday and Holly Willoughby on the \u201cThis Morning\u201d TV show on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in London. Ken McKay\/ITV \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious. The case is being investigated by officers from the Met\u2019s Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sociology professor, who became a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/10\/opinion\/plagiarist-prof-jason-ardays-life-story-is-published-tomorrow-and-it-gets-more-unbelievable-by-the-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posterboy for diversity,<\/a>\u00a0 resigned from the job\u00a0 on Aug 5 as the school launched an investigation into accusations that he plagiarized parts of his Ph.D dissertation and lied about positions he held at other schools.<\/p>\n<p>He cited\u00a0an \u201cunrelenting level of public scrutiny\u201d as his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/05\/us-news\/cambridge-professor-jason-arday-accused-of-plagiarism-resigns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reason for resigning.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Embattled Cambridge University professor Jason Arday was found dead Friday after quitting his job at the school over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1000924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[5416,50,376,103,107],"class_list":["post-1000923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-deaths","tag-news","tag-united-kingdom","tag-world","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117095653315780583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1000924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}