UK’s Burnham urges reflection on death of academic Arday

Large crowds have turned out in central London at a vigil for the former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday who was found dead last week.

Jason Arday was found dead on Friday after resigning his post at Cambridge amid plagiarism allegations.

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, was found dead last week.

There cannot be any doubt that Dr. Arday's tragic death was the direct, foreseeable and foreseen result of press harassment, the Good Law Project wrote on its website

A growing petition wants the British Prime Minister to investigate Jason Arday's death.

A young professor found dead on Friday, few days after his resignation after allegations of plagiarism

UK’s Burnham urges reflection on death of academic Arday

It comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham described the professor’s death as a ‘tragedy’ and called for a moment of reflection

Politicians and academics have called the sudden death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday a tragedy as Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there should be a 'moment for reflection'.