Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday

Jason Arday was selected as a torchbearer for the London 2012 Olympics. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

The University of Cambridge has announced a review into the way it vets and hires senior academic staff in an effort to fend off external and internal criticism of its appointment of Jason Arday as a professor.

But a group of Cambridge academics quickly rejected the university’s response, saying: “We strongly believe that a thorough and transparent investigation into the wider circumstances of this damaging episode is essential.”