Jason Arday found dead in London: the former Cambridge professor was 41 years old

Jason Arday, a former Cambridge University professor who resigned following plagiarism allegations, has been found dead in a home in Battersea, London.

Arday, 41, a black British academic who earlier this month resigned from Cambridge University amid a sensational plagiarism scandal accompanied by accusations of racism, died after being found unconscious in a house in south London this afternoon, Sky News and other media reported, citing a statement from the capital's Metropolitan Police Service.

The 41-year-old, who became the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge in 2023, left the chair of sociology of education last week.

The decision came following a series of reports that he plagiarized his PhD thesis at Liverpool John Moores University.

Other claims have also come under scrutiny, including that he ran 600 miles in six days and raised millions for charity.