Cambridge University hired academic who said western education was 'threat to Muslims' and 'backed terror group'

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University of Cambridge launches investigation into Jason Arday appointment amid 'plagiarism' row.

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The University of Cambridge has confirmed it will investigate the appointment of Professor Jason Arday as the Vice-Chancellor called the case an "aberration".Mr Arday quit last week following a series of reports alleging he plagiarised his PhD thesis and other research and made alleged false claims in his upcoming memoir.

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The university had announced a probe into his "academic qualifications and honorary appointments".

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A spokesman confirmed it would continue its investigation following Mr Arday's resignation, adding findings will feed into a review of the process for appointing senior roles.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice said: "We will now investigate the circumstances around his appointment by the Faculty of Education back in 2022 and his time here in Cambridge since his appointment nearly four years ago."More to follow...

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Cambridge University hired academic who said western education was 'threat to Muslims' and 'backed terror group'.

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The University of Cambridge is facing fresh scrutiny after it emerged that a former member of the now-proscribed extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir was given a role as assistant research professor in the institution's faculty of education last year.Farah Ahmed, who confirmed in 2010 that she had left the organisation, initially joined Cambridge as a senior research associate in 2024 before taking up her current post.She was involved in supervising postgraduate research and teaching undergraduates.The appointment heaps further pressure on Vice-Chancellor Prof Deborah Prentice, who is already contending with the fallout from the Jason Arday plagiarism affair and an employment tribunal ruling that found she had "shut down" a whistleblower's grievances.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Ms Ahmed authored a Hizb ut-Tahrir pamphlet entitled Education and Identity, first written in 2002 and republished in 2017.In this work, she reportedly described "western education" as a "threat" to Muslim...

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