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Met Police chief admits force should NOT have investigated journalist who questioned Cambridge ‘plagiarism’ professor 

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Professor Jason Arday last night resigned from the University of Cambridge after the institution opened a formal probe

Met Police chief Mark Rowley today admitted his force should not have launched a four-month probe into a journalist who was investigating Cambridge professor Dr Jason Arday. Sir Mark Rowley said this morning officers had ‘dropped the ball’ after Times Higher Education (THE) journalist Jack Grove was reported to the Met after emailing the professor … Read more

‘Professor Plagiarism’ falsely claimed to have written book as it emerges aide of Lucy Powell appointed under-fire Professor as patron of her charity last year

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Jason Arday repeatedly said he had written a book, which it now emerges never made it to the shelves

The Cambridge University professor and diversity poster boy Jason Arday falsely claimed to have written a book, it has emerged. Professor Arday repeatedly asserted that he authored a book entitled ‘Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse’. However, in the latest CV boast to have unravelled, it was confirmed today that the supposed … Read more

Teachers ruin boys’ university chances because they underestimate A-level grades, study says

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Teachers hamper boys' chances of getting into a top university because they underestimate their grade predictions, a study has suggested (file picture)

Teachers hamper boys’ chances of getting into a top university because they underestimate their grade predictions, a study has suggested. New data reveals schools are systematically predicting lower A-level grades for boys compared with girls who go on to get the same results. This harms boys’ chances because universities use predicted grades to decide who … Read more