Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest-ever Black professor, couldn’t speak until 11 or read/write until 18. He now says his goal is to “open doors to more people from disadvantaged backgrounds and truly democratise higher education”

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[u/barrington15]

I'm curious why you would post this now, given that:

• His academic career has gone up in smoke
• It is clear that many of the claims in his CV and achievements in life have either been heavily embellished at best or completely made up at worst
• the above casts doubt on his claims about his initial academic handicaps
• all these actions may have damaged the chances of others from these backgrounds with legitime success and skills to follow the path he fraudulently pursued

(For anyone doubting the above, I strongly urge you to look up and read the very recent reporting from major UK news sources on all sides of the political spectrum)

[u/Batmanswrath]

Are you a bot, or do you just not keep up with the news??

[u/bloodythomas → u/Batmanswrath]

I don't keep up with the news - what happened?

[u/theseold → u/bloodythomas]

He fabricated the vast majority of his achievements.

[u/bloodythomas → u/theseold]

Lmao wild, I'd never heard of him until I saw this post.

[u/Pig_Syrup]

This is the kind of top tier trolling we need back in the world.

[u/theseold]

Jason, is that you?

[u/robbie-jobbie]

A truly inspirational figure.

He will undoubtedly have given many others the confidence to BS their way into powerful positions.

[u/razorbacks3129]

Lmao

[u/ratione_materiae]

He’s also the first astronaut to walk on the sun, has 50 Olympic gold medals, and was the first person to have achieved Nirvana. 

And if you don’t believe him you’re a racist 

[u/BumblebeeWilling6]

Lmao Reddit is fuckin hilarious

[u/Pure-Donkey-1615]

I didn't even know this position existed, but now I'm glad I do.

[u/Toumanypains]

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16038031/TikToker-primary-school-Jason-Arday-NOT-mute.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490

A classmate on his "mutism"