Higher education is a woke joke

Diogenes said:
Took 'em long enough. They didn't even check his references, because they didn't want to be "rayciss", I suppose.


HO-xFTzXEAApKAa
Click to expand...
Didn't slow you down, did it?
 
christiefan915 said:
What are the real deets?
Click to expand...

List the lies that Jason Arday told in his bio.


Jason Arday (Cambridge professor of sociology of education until his resignation on 5 August 2026) faced multiple documented discrepancies and false or heavily exaggerated claims in his professional biographies, speaker profiles, interviews, and related materials. These were widely reported in 2026 amid plagiarism allegations regarding his PhD thesis and other work. He has denied being a “liar,” attributing issues to errors, autism/learning disabilities, or media focus on him, while adjusting some claims after scrutiny (e.g., changing fundraising details and run times). Institutions and records contradict key points.


Key disputed or false claims from his bios and public statements include:


  • Fundraising totals: Repeatedly claimed to have personally raised £5.5 million (or similar multimillion figures escalating over time, e.g., from >£100,000 in 2010 reports to £4.5–5.5 million later) for 70–80+ charities. Verifiable early records (e.g., a 2010 JustGiving page for a marathon challenge) show far smaller sums like ~£6,285 (plus Gift Aid). One charity (Shooting Star) confirmed only ~£10,800 total from him. After scrutiny, he said it was raised as part of a ~100-person syndicate (with NDAs preventing naming them) and that coverage focused on him; publisher bios were quietly edited to vaguer “millions of pounds” language.
  • Extreme running feats: Claimed running 600 miles in 6 days (near world-record territory for ultra-distance), 300 miles in 3 days, and 30 marathons in 35 days (sometimes with a broken leg). Ultra-running experts noted these would place him among elite athletes, yet he was unknown in the community. He later adjusted the 600-mile claim to 12 days; some bios/memoir versions omitted or softened the specifics.
  • Visiting professorships:
    • University of Glasgow (School of Education): Claimed as visiting professor on Cambridge Faculty of Education and other profiles. Glasgow confirmed he was a full professor there (2021–2023) before moving to Cambridge but was never a visiting professor.
    • Ohio State University (Office of Diversity and Inclusion): Claimed on Cambridge and other bios. Ohio State stated it has “no record” of him as an employee/visiting professor; the DEI office closed in 2025.
    • Nelson Mandela University (South Africa): Claimed as visiting professor. The university stated he was only a temporary/fixed-term adjunct professor (more junior role) that ended by November 2025, with no formal ongoing affiliation as claimed.
  • Authorship of a book: Repeatedly listed himself as author of Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse (attributed to Palgrave) in bios, essays, speaker materials, and even his own published book’s “about the author” section. The publisher accepted a proposal but never published it; the book does not exist.
  • WaterAid relief work: Claimed in speaker-bureau and other bios to have undertaken relief work installing water points in South America and West Africa with WaterAid. WaterAid stated it does not send volunteers abroad (and discourages self-funded visits), out of respect for local community management of projects. The claim was later removed from some bios.
  • Appearance in the Seven Up! documentary series: Claimed in at least one interview to have been part of the program (followed at ages 7/14/21 and “pulled out” at 14). The original series began in 1964 with children born ~1957; Arday was born in 1985. A later Up spin-off starting in 2000 does not match either (he would have been ~15). The BBC confirmed no involvement.

Other elements of his origin story (non-verbal until 11, unable to read/write until 18, etc.) and claims of severe threats/harassment (e.g., pig’s head delivered to parents’ home that police supposedly investigated; masked knife-wielding intruder) have also drawn skepticism or direct contradiction (e.g., Metropolitan Police told reporters the pig’s-head investigation claim was “categorically” incorrect; local butchers named in accounts had no recollection of police inquiries).


These issues surfaced publicly around July–August 2026 (initially via analysis of academic work, then biographical scrutiny). Arday resigned from Cambridge and Jesus College effective immediately on 5 August 2026, citing the personal toll of scrutiny; Cambridge announced further investigation into qualifications and honorary appointments. Publisher Simon & Schuster stood by his memoir while editing promotional materials. Note that some universities and supporters described earlier plagiarism probes as finding no formal misconduct (or attributing issues to error), framing criticism as a smear, while independent analyses and institutional denials on the bio claims remain public.



 
Diogenes said:
List the lies that Jason Arday told in his bio.


Jason Arday (Cambridge professor of sociology of education until his resignation on 5 August 2026) faced multiple documented discrepancies and false or heavily exaggerated claims in his professional biographies, speaker profiles, interviews, and related materials. These were widely reported in 2026 amid plagiarism allegations regarding his PhD thesis and other work. He has denied being a “liar,” attributing issues to errors, autism/learning disabilities, or media focus on him, while adjusting some claims after scrutiny (e.g., changing fundraising details and run times). Institutions and records contradict key points.


Key disputed or false claims from his bios and public statements include:


  • Fundraising totals: Repeatedly claimed to have personally raised £5.5 million (or similar multimillion figures escalating over time, e.g., from >£100,000 in 2010 reports to £4.5–5.5 million later) for 70–80+ charities. Verifiable early records (e.g., a 2010 JustGiving page for a marathon challenge) show far smaller sums like ~£6,285 (plus Gift Aid). One charity (Shooting Star) confirmed only ~£10,800 total from him. After scrutiny, he said it was raised as part of a ~100-person syndicate (with NDAs preventing naming them) and that coverage focused on him; publisher bios were quietly edited to vaguer “millions of pounds” language.
  • Extreme running feats: Claimed running 600 miles in 6 days (near world-record territory for ultra-distance), 300 miles in 3 days, and 30 marathons in 35 days (sometimes with a broken leg). Ultra-running experts noted these would place him among elite athletes, yet he was unknown in the community. He later adjusted the 600-mile claim to 12 days; some bios/memoir versions omitted or softened the specifics.
  • Visiting professorships:
    • University of Glasgow (School of Education): Claimed as visiting professor on Cambridge Faculty of Education and other profiles. Glasgow confirmed he was a full professor there (2021–2023) before moving to Cambridge but was never a visiting professor.
    • Ohio State University (Office of Diversity and Inclusion): Claimed on Cambridge and other bios. Ohio State stated it has “no record” of him as an employee/visiting professor; the DEI office closed in 2025.
    • Nelson Mandela University (South Africa): Claimed as visiting professor. The university stated he was only a temporary/fixed-term adjunct professor (more junior role) that ended by November 2025, with no formal ongoing affiliation as claimed.
  • Authorship of a book: Repeatedly listed himself as author of Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse (attributed to Palgrave) in bios, essays, speaker materials, and even his own published book’s “about the author” section. The publisher accepted a proposal but never published it; the book does not exist.
  • WaterAid relief work: Claimed in speaker-bureau and other bios to have undertaken relief work installing water points in South America and West Africa with WaterAid. WaterAid stated it does not send volunteers abroad (and discourages self-funded visits), out of respect for local community management of projects. The claim was later removed from some bios.
  • Appearance in the Seven Up! documentary series: Claimed in at least one interview to have been part of the program (followed at ages 7/14/21 and “pulled out” at 14). The original series began in 1964 with children born ~1957; Arday was born in 1985. A later Up spin-off starting in 2000 does not match either (he would have been ~15). The BBC confirmed no involvement.

Other elements of his origin story (non-verbal until 11, unable to read/write until 18, etc.) and claims of severe threats/harassment (e.g., pig’s head delivered to parents’ home that police supposedly investigated; masked knife-wielding intruder) have also drawn skepticism or direct contradiction (e.g., Metropolitan Police told reporters the pig’s-head investigation claim was “categorically” incorrect; local butchers named in accounts had no recollection of police inquiries).


These issues surfaced publicly around July–August 2026 (initially via analysis of academic work, then biographical scrutiny). Arday resigned from Cambridge and Jesus College effective immediately on 5 August 2026, citing the personal toll of scrutiny; Cambridge announced further investigation into qualifications and honorary appointments. Publisher Simon & Schuster stood by his memoir while editing promotional materials. Note that some universities and supporters described earlier plagiarism probes as finding no formal misconduct (or attributing issues to error), framing criticism as a smear, while independent analyses and institutional denials on the bio claims remain public.



Click to expand...
I read all that on wiki and am not denying that he lied about his academic career and other activities. But nothing from grok or wiki mentions his sexuality.
 
College was supposed to turn young men into gentlemen. Their education included literature, mathematics. history, and other liberal arts., Now corporations have turned it into apprenticeships. All that matters is how much money you can make. Education has been warped by greed.
College should be cheap and available. A more educated populace is good for a nation.
 
Nordberg said:
College was supposed to turn young men into gentlemen. Their education included literature, mathematics. history, and other liberal arts., Now corporations have turned it into apprenticeships. All that matters is how much money you can make. Education has been warped by greed. College should be cheap and available. A more educated populace is good for a nation.
Click to expand...

Is that so, Nerdsperg?
 
Nordberg said:
College was supposed to turn young men into gentlemen. Their education included literature, mathematics. history, and other liberal arts., Now corporations have turned it into apprenticeships. All that matters is how much money you can make. Education has been warped by greed.
College should be cheap and available. A more educated populace is good for a nation.
Click to expand...
Do you have Tourettes?
 
Nordberg said:
College was supposed to turn young men into gentlemen. Their education included literature, mathematics. history, and other liberal arts., Now corporations have turned it into apprenticeships. All that matters is how much money you can make. Education has been warped by greed.
College should be cheap and available. A more educated populace is good for a nation.
Click to expand...
What a delusional view of this you have.

If colleges maintain high standards, then about a third of the population can complete a degree. Another third can get advanced training in a skill or trade, and perform more complex labor and tasks. The last third--and this is rough--are only good for filling prisons, as manual, base, labor, or as cannon fodder. That third--give or take--is simply too stupid, or unwilling, to learn the basic levels of math, reading, writing, and technical skills like basic science, to be able to do more than simple tasks like digging a ditch or operating a simple firearm in combat. They are largely useless to a society that has advanced to the late Industrial Age or into the Electronics Age, like the US has.
 
Diogenes said:
He has a condition known as stupidity, based on his comment history.
Click to expand...
Stupidity is being generous Diogenes. You are just being a gentleman. I would clearly state and win that he/she is a below functionality retard. I feel I could win that judgment in a jury of 12 of he/she's peers.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
What a delusional view of this you have.

If colleges maintain high standards, then about a third of the population can complete a degree. Another third can get advanced training in a skill or trade, and perform more complex labor and tasks. The last third--and this is rough--are only good for filling prisons, as manual, base, labor, or as cannon fodder. That third--give or take--is simply too stupid, or unwilling, to learn the basic levels of math, reading, writing, and technical skills like basic science, to be able to do more than simple tasks like digging a ditch or operating a simple firearm in combat. They are largely useless to a society that has advanced to the late Industrial Age or into the Electronics Age, like the US has.
Click to expand...
Sadly that last 1/3 makes up more than half today. And rising.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top