Professor Jason Arday was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea, London, on Friday.
Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor, has been found dead.
Arday was found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers were called by the London Ambulance Service at
3.12pm on Friday.
He said: “Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers.
“At this time his death is being treated as unexpected but is not believed to be suspicious. The case is being investigated by officers from the Met’s Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner.”
The London Ambulance Service said it had been called to the scene at 3.06pm.
A spokesman said the service had dispatched an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic in a fast response car and members of its Hazardous Area Response Team. “Sadly, a person was pronounced dead at the scene,” the spokesman said.
Arday resigned as professor of sociology of education at the University of Cambridge on August 5, following accusations of plagiarism. He was the university’s youngest ever black professor.
Last week, Cambridge launched an investigation into Arday’s appointment and tenure at the university. It will feed into a review of the university’s hiring process for all senior academic positions. Arday resigned just a few hours after the university announced the investigation, citing the “unrelenting level of public scrutiny”.
Arday studied education at undergraduate and postgraduate level, completing his PhD at Liverpool John Moores University, and went on to hold academic posts at the University of Roehampton, Durham University and the University of Glasgow, where he became professor of sociology of education in 2021.
His memoir, titled Great And Unfortunate Things, was published in the United States earlier this week and is due to be published by Simon and Schuster in the UK on Aug 27.
The Telegraph had reported a number of allegations against Arday, including that he had falsely claimed to have published a book.
He had also been the subject of plagiarism claims after the Telegraph reported that he had been accused of copying parts of his PhD thesis from another student.
It was revealed by the Telegraph that Arday has incorrectly claimed to be a visiting professor at the Nelson Mandela University in South Africa.
