Will mortarboards roll after the Jason Arday allegations?
Will mortarboards roll after the Jason Arday allegations? Cambridge is at risk of trashing its painstakingly earned global reputation. And for what? i Photo from Youtube dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Simon Evans" }) Simon Evans Columnist 4th August 2026 i Photo from Youtube Share Topics Identity Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access?
- ▪Will mortarboards roll after the Jason Arday allegations?
- ▪Cambridge is at risk of trashing its painstakingly earned global reputation.
- ▪And for what? i Photo from Youtube dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Simon Evans" }) Simon Evans Columnist 4th August 2026 i Photo from Youtube Share Topics Identity Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access?
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| Publication time | Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:09:41 +0000 |
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Will mortarboards roll after the Jason Arday allegations? Cambridge is at risk of trashing its painstakingly earned global reputation. And for what? i Photo from Youtube dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Simon Evans" }) Simon Evans Columnist 4th August 2026 i Photo from Youtube Share Topics Identity Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and of exaggerating his backstory, has achieved in a very short period of time something of a Falstaffian ideal. If not himself visibly witty, since he seems to have intended his lavish claims to be taken seriously, he has certainly been the cause of wit in others. Arday has been likened to Don Quixote, Walter Mitty and Finchy from The Office.
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