Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism scandal, found dead

Jason Arday, a 41-year-old British academic and former University of Cambridge professor, has been found dead in south London. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday afternoon. According to the Metropolitan Police, his death is being treated as unexpected but is not believed to be suspicious.

Arday had resigned from his position as Professor of the Sociology of Education at Cambridge last week amid allegations of plagiarism and questions about his academic achievements. He had denied the allegations of plagiarism but admitted to errors in his work. The controversy surrounding his academic record had led to an "unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack," Arday said.

The allegations against Arday first surfaced after another academic claimed to have found numerous instances of plagiarism in Arday's work, including in his PhD thesis completed at Liverpool John Moores University. The university's vice-chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, expressed sadness at the news and offered condolences to Arday's family and friends.

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