Cambridge bosses face staff revolt over diversity poster boy row
Professor Jason Arday’s top claims:
- To have completed his PhD in 2½ years while working full-time and living with a brain tumour.
- To have had a stroke immediately after graduating, causing him to lose his memory of working on his PhD.
- To have run 30 marathons in 35 days, and 600 miles in six days, making him one of the best endurance athletes of our time. This was completed whilst experiencing an epileptic fit and fracture.
- To have raised £5.5 million for charity.
- To have played both snooker and football at professional level.
- To have been told by multiple career advisers that he would end up living in a care home because of his autism diagnosis.
- To sleep only two hours per night.
- To have completed two masters despite only listing one on his academic portfolio.
- To have neither plagiarised his thesis or nor fabricated his qualitative interviews.
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