Questions We Are Told Not to Ask

The polarised row over Cambridge’s youngest ever Black professor reveals much about merit and belonging in British academia, write Sam Seidu , Partha Kar , and Anton Emmanuel The death of Jason Arda...

The sad affair of Jason Arday has exposed how the assertion of scholarly expertise to shut down public criticism of universities is increasingly untenable, says Ian Pace

External scrutiny of a range of professions is normal and accepted. Academics and universities should not conflate expertise with an exclusive right to judge their own work.

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An editorial in “Nature” chooses progressive ideology over basic honesty.

The year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired young composers in France. In Belle Epoque Paris he cuts a charismatic, dandyish figure, whose technically flawless music hides a deep emo...

Jason Arday's death is terrible. So is using it to attack journalism

Stress-testing academic arguments for weaknesses is uncomfortable for scholars but it should never have become controversial, says Ian Pace

Jason Arday’s resignation from the position of Professor of Sociology of Education at Cambridge closes one phase of an extraordinary controversy over plagiarism, fantastical biographical claims…

We spoke to the academic and activist Professor Gus John - and Ian Pace, who's professor of music, culture and society at City and St George's University in London.

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The progressive world loves a good fairy tale. Autistic and totally mute till the age of 11, Professor Jason Arday only learned to read and write at 18. Since then, he has blazed through the academic...

Jason Arday In September 2025, Times Higher Education had a bombshell story in the works: A star sociology professor at the University of Cambridge had allegedly plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. thes…

The youngest black professor ever ­appointed at Cambridge has been accused of plagiarising the work of other academics, a month before his memoir is published

Oxford University is facing serious questions over its handling of repeated disruption of public talks by Dr Michael Foran, an associate professor of law and tutorial fellow at Keble College…

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Ian Pace looks back at the life and career of his close friend and a valued mentor, the Gramophone writer Arnold Whittall

Ian Pace looks back at the life and career of his close friend and a valued mentor, the Gramophone writer Arnold Whittall

Ian Pace looks back at the life and career of his close friend and a valued mentor, the Gramophone writer Arnold Whittall