UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday a “tragedy on so many levels”, urging people to reflect rather than rush to judgement.

Metropolitan Police say Arday was found

Arday made headlines when the university appointed him as its youngest black professor in 2023 but he since faced snowballing claims he plagiarised parts of his PhD thesis.…

The academic was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday

Police say 41-year-old was found unresponsive at address in south London and pronounced dead at the scene

Arday recently resigned from his position at Cambridge after weeks of scrutiny over allegations of plagiarism in his academic work.