LONDON: The University of Cambridge’s top administrator on Wednesday called a scandal over a black professor who has resigned amid accusations of plagiarism “an aberration” and vowed a thorough investigation. The prestigious British university’s former professor of sociology of education, Jason Arday, resigned a week ago, facing snowballing allegations of plagiarising parts of his PhD thesis and overstating personal achievements.

Black British academic Jason Arday, who has been at the center of a row over alleged plagiarism and racism, published his memoir in the United States on Tuesday, days after…

Jason Arday, Cambridge's youngest Black professor, publishes his memoir "Great and Unfortunate Things" amidst a plagiarism row and resignation from Cambrid