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Britons get the chance to read Jason Arday’s story for themselves as memoir is published in the UK
LONDON | Britons who saw Professor Jason Arday’s life and death dissected by weeks of headlines covering allegations about his academic qualifications and personal accomplishments can now read his version of the story. Simon & Schuster will on Thursday publish Arday’s memoir “Great and Unfortunate Things,” which tells the story of how an autistic boy […]
Jason Arday’s death sparks UK debate over academic rigor, racism after media ‘frenzy’
LONDON | In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay preceding the London Games. He was back in the news in 2023 when Cambridge University hailed him as the youngest Black professor in the institution’s history. Three years later, after weeks of news […]