Helen Pidd

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269 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Aug

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Full Story · Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

Jack Grove has since spoken out and insisted that he was not harassing or intimidating. matched

He was simply carrying out legitimate journalistic activities. matched

And that he only found out that the police were had been asked to investigate him when they called him up to say, just to let you know, we're not gonna charge you, but maybe don't contact him again. matched

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And then on Wednesday this week it all came to a head and R. matched

Day resigned from Cambridge. matched

And this resignation came after the university said it was launching a new investigation into him. matched

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I think quite a startling statement on Wednesday night, in which he said that the quote relentless accusations, speculation, and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and those I love. matched

What did you make of the statement, and were you surprised that he did stand down? matched

Coming up. matched

Where does this scandal leave other black academics in the UK? matched

And I think it's worth us having a bit of a discussion about the wider context of all of this and the world in which Jason Arday made his name. matched

Because academia does have a serious problem, I think, with race and diversity. matched

Only 1% of the UK's professors are black, compared with I think 4% of Britons who identify as being black. matched

And some of R Day's critics have labelled him as a diversity hire that Cambridge University was so scrambling. matched

Around in the aftermath of Black Lives Matter to sort of have a poster boy really to say, look how diverse we are. matched

And and Cambridge University itself has been subject to accusations of institutional racism and being criticized for the lack of diversity within both its student body and its staff. matched

I just wonder how you think this backdrop feeds into the way this story has been pursued and presented, and particularly why he was so vigorously defended. matched

early on. matched

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