‘Always cracking jokes’: questions raised over Jason Arday’s claim he was non-verbal as a child
Fellow pupils at his primary school have challenged Cambridge academic’s story, though others support itThe story of Jason Arday’s extraordinary rise to becoming the youngest black professor in the history of the University of Cambridge is all the more remarkable for one claim: that he did not learn to speak until just shy of his 12th birthday.This claim was mentioned in a letter announcing his resignation last week, which came amid mounting questions about both his academic work and statements…
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