Jason Arday quits Cambridge

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Thursday, 6 August 2026 Issue No. 529

Good morning. After weeks of embarrassing allegations, Prof Jason Arday has finally resigned. As Albert Tait, our Education Editor, writes, he quit his post just hours after the University of Cambridge launched an investigation into his qualifications, and after The Telegraph revealed he had repeatedly claimed to have published a book that had never been publicly available. Elsewhere, The Telegraph has uncovered Wes Streeting’s links to Sam Bankman-Fried, one of the world’s most notorious fraudsters. Against the advice of Labour chiefs, a donation was accepted from a think-tank that counted Bankman-Fried among its donors. While the disgraced billionaire serves his 25-year sentence for fraud in a California jail, his money may be circulating in Westminster. Tony Diver, our Political Editor, reports. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. Hurry, our Summer Sale is almost over. Claim a whole year of The Telegraph for just £19 before it ends. If you’re already a subscriber make sure you’re logged in to read today’s stories.   In today’s edition Pc Harper’s colleagues in disbelief at killers’ early release — The luxury detox clinic where British teenagers say they were abused — Plus, Iran’s plot to split Jordan from the West

Last chance: One year for £19 Unlock full access to global insights, free-thinking opinion and practical, expert advice. Subscribe now   Jason Arday resigns after Telegraph reveals his false book claims Albert Tait Education Editor   After weeks of embarrassing allegations of plagiarism and made-up achievements, Prof Jason Arday has finally resigned. Cambridge University’s youngest-ever black professor said he was resigning “with immediate effect” from his position at the university and Jesus College, citing an “unrelenting level of public scrutiny”. He made the announcement yesterday just two hours after the university said it was launching an investigation into his work and qualifications, having received new information about his “academic qualifications and honorary appointments”. It came after The Telegraph revealed that the professor of sociology of education had falsely claimed to have published two books. Prof Arday repeatedly claimed to have published a book called Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse, which was said to explore stereotypes about black masculinity. In reality, there is no evidence the book was written or published. Prof Arday also claimed for several years that he had published another book – this one about racism in education – before later clarifying it was still “in press” and yet to be published. Now Prof Arday has resigned, the focus will shift to why Cambridge decided to appoint him in the first place. Read the full story ➤ The downfall of Cambridge’s diversity poster boy ➤ Police in Cambridge professor row accused of press censorship ➤   Wes Streeting donations linked to ‘Crypto King’ fraudster Tony Diver Political Editor   With Wes Streeting now ensconced in the Ministry of Defence and Sam Bankman-Fried languishing in jail 5,500 miles away in California for committing the world’s biggest fraud, the two men appear to have little in common. One thing, however, unites them: a political donation worth tens of thousands of pounds. A Telegraph investigation has revealed a paper trail between “SBF”, as the disgraced financier was known in Silicon Valley, and Streeting, one of the most senior ministers in Andy Burnham’s government. It runs via a relatively unknown Westminster operator, David Lawrence, who was given £500,000 by Bankman-Fried shortly before Streeting accepted a political donation from Lawrence’s think tank. Sources also told The Telegraph that Lawrence’s decision to stand down his campaign for Parliament in late 2023 came not only for personal reasons – his wife had just given birth – but also because of concerns from Labour’s headquarters about his relationship with the man they call the Crypto King. Official records show Streeting used the money to hire a policy adviser with connections to the effective altruism movement, which has been accused of infiltrating US politics with the help of money from Big Tech. The adviser until recently served at the heart of the British state in the Department of Health. These disclosures will raise serious questions about Streeting’s decision to accept the donation; the possibility that money from a convicted fraudster is sloshing around Westminster, and the role of foreign donors in British politics. This report is available only to subscribers. Continue reading ➤ The tech-bro cult that funded Wes Streeting ➤   Opinion Allister Heath Farage must reject Rupert Lowe’s repugnant dance with white nationalism Restore’s positions veer frequently into bigotry and overstep the bounds of civilised discourse Continue reading ➤     Tom Harris Labour’s early release scheme is ruining Burnham’s political honeymoon Continue reading ➤     Kara Kennedy In defence of ‘performative reading’ Continue reading ➤     To make sure you don’t miss our newsletters when they land in your inbox, click here. In other news • A woman has been arrested after four men were stabbed in Covent Garden yesterday. The incident is believed to have been mental health-related, and a pair of scissors was recovered by police. • An explosive drone has been found near a Ukrainian cargo plane in Germany. The unexploded device was found on the apron, where aircraft load or unload passengers and cargo. • Britain’s national debt has risen above £3tn for the first time, after the Government borrowed £2.7bn more than expected in the first three months of the current financial year. • Ben Stokes is exploring a deal to play in Major League Cricket in the US, dealing a further blow to any hopes of him returning to England duty for next year’s Ashes. • An “instruction manual” on how to cross the English Channel in a small boat safely is being distributed to migrants in northern France. The advice has been viewed almost 60,000 times.   Your essential reads Albert Bowers (left) and Jessie Cole, who are in prison for the manslaughter of Pc Andrew Harper, smiled as they left court in 2019 Pc Harper’s colleagues in disbelief at killers’ ‘perverse’ early release Six years after the killing of Pc Andrew Harper, the police officers who investigated his death say they have been left angry and disillusioned by the prospect of his killers walking free early. Thames Valley’s Chief Constable tells Martin Evans, our Crime Editor, that the Government’s decision is “perverse”, warning it risks undermining confidence in the justice system as colleagues and Pc Harper’s family renew their fight to keep his killers behind bars. Continue reading ➤   The luxury detox clinic where British teenagers say they were abused Earlier this year, The Telegraph received a troubling message from a group of former patients of Yes We Can, a residential clinic in the Netherlands for young people with serious mental health conditions, behavioural issues or addiction problems. The clinic charges international patients £63,000 for a 10-week treatment course. As Ed Cumming and Abigail Buchanan discovered, for hundreds of vulnerable British young people and their desperate families, the clinic seemed like a lifeline, but those who contacted us spoke at length about treatment methods that they alleged cross the line into abuse. For subscribers only ➤   Iran’s plot to split Jordan from the West Iran’s missile campaign against Jordan has been portrayed as an assault on US forces, but officials in Amman believe the real target is far closer to home. As Tehran seeks to exploit domestic tensions over Gaza, as well as disrupt Jordan’s alliances with Washington and Israel, Henry Bodkin, our Jerusalem Correspondent reports that fears are growing the country has become the next front in Iran’s regional strategy. Continue reading ➤   The best new signing to the cast is Sex Education’s Tanya Reynolds as a lugubrious women’s coach Ted Lasso-mania has finally gone too far ★★★☆☆ Ted Lasso has belatedly returned for a fourth series, but it’s time to blow the final whistle on the comedy, writes Benji Wilson, our TV critic. Previously, Jason Sudeikis confirmed that there would be no season four, the implication being that three servings of Lasso were enough both for him and the audience. He was probably right. Continue reading ➤   Seize the day ‘I inherited a bungalow I can’t live in – and it’s costing me nearly £8,000 a year’ At 26, inheriting my late granny’s retirement bungalow should have been a step towards owning my own home, writes Katie Inglis. Instead, almost two years later, it still hasn’t sold. You have to be over 55 to live there, and while it sits empty, my brother and I are paying nearly £8,000 a year in service charges and council tax on a property we can’t live in or even rent out. Continue reading ➤ Here is another helpful article to read this morning: You might be looking forward to flopping on a sun lounger, but a little exercise while you’re away can help maintain your fitness. Here’s a routine to try by the pool.   From the travel desk Honesty boxes are a wonderful British tradition, but can they survive? Locally made pasta sauces for sale in an honesty shop near Loch Tay Lottie Goss Travel Writer   From pink sheds filled with traybakes to old telephone boxes selling art, honesty boxes are a joy to encounter. I grew up in rural Oxfordshire, so they have always been a presence in my life, but the more remote parts of Scotland, as I recently discovered, take this centuries-old tradition to a whole new level. So varied and common are Scotland’s honesty-box enterprises that there’s even a website dedicated to mapping them, launched by two Americans, Carol and James Forwood, who live on the Isle of Skye. Jersey is another honesty-box hotspot, while they can also be found on foreign shores, in parts of America, Australia, and even Japan. A roadside stall in Jersey that allows customers to use digital means of payment Can they survive in an age where shoplifting is so commonplace, and many people no longer carry cash? I believe so. Despite some high-profile cases of theft, very few honesty-box owners report stolen goods, while a growing number accept bank transfers for their cakes, Jersey potatoes and home-made watercolours. Read the full story ➤ Do you run, or use, a local honesty box? Tell us your stories here, and you might feature in a future edition of this newsletter ➤   Your say Coolcations Every weekday, Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, shares an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Orlando writes... Has this sweltering summer changed your holiday plans? There can't be too many people in Britain right now thinking: “I could really do with a couple of weeks in a place whose name translates as ‘coast of the sun’.” Long drawn to parts of the world euphemistically described as “bracing” (Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the Hebrides in January), I have been feeling unusually on-trend of late. Lips no longer curl when I enthuse about destinations where temperatures of 12C count as a heatwave. These are now the places to be, and rightly so, even if it means the normalisation of the word “coolcation”.   Telegraph readers have been sharing their suggestions. One wrote: “I’m in Sweden (High Coast) right now, and was in Norway (Ålesund) last week. High teens and low 20s, so not too hot. Norway is expensive, but the beaches are empty and the water is clear. “Where I am in Sweden is great for hiking. The beaches are better in the south. Rent a car and find your own thing. The locals are lovely and everything works really well.”   Colin Henderson advised: “Come to Scotland. In Fife, as I write, it’s 13C, cloudy and rainy, and it will stay like this for the next 10 days. There have been glimpses of a summer here, but overall it has been cooler this year than in previous years.” Sounds ideal.   Walter Ameika, writing from further afield, commended “the mountains of North Carolina. The temperatures have been in the 20s for two weeks, and even when it was warmer there was no humidity. Also no mosquitoes.”   Not everyone has become a chill-seeker, though. Another reader reported: “I’m in Costa Blanca, sitting between sea and pool. Gorgeous blue sky and sunshine, and lovely restaurants. Air-con at night. Dreading going home. Yes, it’s hot. It’s summer.” Are you heading off to cooler climes? Send your responses here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter. Please confirm in your reply that you are happy to be featured and that we have your permission to use your name.   On this day 1945 | An atomic bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima (see our front page from the following day) 1991 | Tim Berners-Lee debuts the World Wide Web as a publicly available service on the internet 1996 | Nasa announces that life may have existed on Mars after examining a meteorite discovered in Antarctica Birthdays: Geri Horner (54), Dean Andrews (63), Michelle Yeoh (64) Plus, in the news today, an Italian man who accidentally threw away a winning lottery ticket worth €1 million has found it by searching through piles of rubbish. How long did the search take? 1. Two days 2. Two weeks 3. Two hours Click one of the options to reveal the answer...   Puzzles Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including The 1% Club, Cogs, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.   Yesterday’s Panagram was DEPENDANT. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.   Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. I’d love to hear what you think of this newsletter. You can email me your feedback at fromtheeditor@telegraph.co.uk. Last chance: One year for £19 Unlock full access to global insights, free-thinking opinion and practical, expert advice. Subscribe now

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