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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLONDON: Jason Arday, the Black former Cambridge university professor, has been found dead at his home after facing relentless public scrutiny and accusations of being a \u201cDEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hire\u201d.National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede said that Arday had been subjected to a \u201cpublic and brutal takedown that unleashed a tirade of racism by the worst elements of the British media and right-wing commentariat\u201d.The Metropolitan police said officers were called to Arday\u2019s Battersea address just after 3 pm on Friday where he was found unresponsive. \u201cHis death is being treated as unexpected,\u201d police said.The 41-year-old, who became Cambridge\u2019s youngest black professor in 2023, resigned as a professor of sociology of education at the university on Aug 5 after Cambridge announced an investigation into his appointment.Originally, he was accused of plagiarising his PhD thesis at Liverpool John Moores University. But then other aspects of his life and achievements came under scrutiny.Upon resigning, Arday said: \u201cThe relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me.\u201dLiverpool investigated the accusations of plagiarism in Feb and concluded it was not proven.But in a Substack post on July 21, US researcher Nathan Cofnas claimed he had run Arday\u2019s 2015 PhD dissertation through a plagiarism-detection programme and found \u201csubstantial overlap with previously published work\u201d. Cofnas concluded Arday had been \u201crecruited to promote the ideology of DEI\u201d. This led to a media frenzy questioning Arday\u2019s career, achievements and qualifications.Friend Prof Simon Baron-Cohen spoke to Arday hours before he died. \u201cOver the last few weeks since the plagiarism allegations came to national and international news, he was being subjected on an hourly basis to ridicule and humiliation. He told me on Friday morning he couldn\u2019t leave his home as his face and name were now so well known that he was a figure of shame. He maintains he didn\u2019t fabricate or lie,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t coping with the loss of his career and reputation and he felt he couldn\u2019t go on.\u201dJason believed there was a racist playbook to discredit black academics in universities, he added.\u201cThe campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and always wanted to see the best in everyone,\u201d his family said in a statement.<\/div>\n Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday died on Friday. 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