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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Evans

Jason Arday faced ‘racist feeding frenzy’, says Cambridge University’s chancellor

Jason Arday Cambridge University Cambridge
  • Cambridge University chancellor Lord Chris Smith has condemned the racist feeding frenzy surrounding Professor Jason Arday prior to his death .
  • The 41-year-old academic, who was Cambridge's youngest Black professor, died on Friday after resigning amid media scrutiny over plagiarism allegations.
  • A previous investigation by Liverpool John Moores University had cleared Prof Arday of any academic wrongdoing regarding his PhD thesis.
  • Lord Simon Woolley , a mentor to Prof Arday, stated that the professor felt hounded to death by a toxic media onslaught.
  • Stand Up To Racism has announced a vigil in London , while a petition seeking an inquiry into the media harassment has gathered over 30,000 signatures.

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Cambridge chancellor hits out at ‘racist feeding frenzy’ targeting Jason Arday

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