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Jason Arday: Youngest ever black Professor at University of Cambridge
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7th March 2023
Jason Arday is a sociologist and the youngest-ever black professor at the University of Cambridge. What is also remarkable, is that he did not speak until he was 11 years old and did not read and write until he was 18 years old. Jason was diagnosed as autistic aged 3.
Jason is particularly interested in the inequalities that young people face in education and life. Learn more about Jason's life and work: Cambridge University's Jason Arday becomes youngest black professor
Jason Arday is the youngest-ever black professor at the University of Cambridge and explains it wasn't until he started teaching himself, that he discovered the inequalities present within disadvantaged backgrounds. pic.twitter.com/pDUJkH16NH
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