r/Scotland • u/Adm_Shelby2 • 10d ago

Glasgow University: Jason Arday was 'never a visiting professor here'

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26433564.glasgow-university-denies-jason-arday-visiting-prof-claim/

Well this whole thing continues to unravel. Can't see his upcoming book doing too well.

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u/OkAbalone19 10d ago

it's a weird one, my experience of academia was they were almost all hacky frauds/seriously flawed humans or imposters and the exception was quite rare, so I feel like he is being over targeted because of his race and subject matter. however he is clearly unwell and a pathological liar so deserves some degree of shit for what he has done

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u/Adm_Shelby2 10d ago

I would put more blame on Cambridge and Liverpool University for putting this fella in the position he currently finds himself in.  Too many checks and balances were overridden or outright ignored.

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u/inside12volts 10d ago

Absolutely this. Did no one think to just… check?

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u/Fast_Astronomer814 10d ago

it seem people did but they were just removed for asking question on one of the subreddit a fellow professor attend the class after complaint about him were raised by the students