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Cover-ups, cronyism, cloisters of power and the lost £1.3 billion · 57 posts

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Blog · 8 Aug 2026

The Biggest Cover-Up Yet

The ‘Cover-up University’ goes for broke. We have seen one of the biggest scandals in the history of Cambridge University. The appointment of Jason Arday was misjudged. By itself, this was poor, but not a scandal. There are other lousy Professorial appointments…

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Blog · 5 Aug 2026

The Heart of the Scandal

Recent revelations in The Telegraph have taken us to the heart of the scandal As the Times Higher Education (THE) prepared to publish a story on plagiarism and research misconduct in September 2025, the journalist Jack…

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Blog · 4 Aug 2026

It’s Our University

A Grace has been drafted for signatures. Integrity and the highest standards of conduct are foundational to the University’s mission. Research must be carried out honestly, rigorously and responsibly to sustain public trust, safeguard the credibility…

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Blog · 3 Aug 2026

The Office for Students Must Investigate

The controversy surrounding Jason Arday now extends across multiple institutions and is causing significant damage to confidence in UK higher education. At a time when universities face intense financial pressures and increasing political scrutiny, public trust…

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Blog · 28 Jul 2026

Who paid for Carter-Ruck …

The story at Retraction Watch here is the most damaging yet. Once allegations were raised, the issue ceased to be a matter solely for the individual academic. It became a test of Cambridge’s commitment to academic…

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Blog · 20 Jul 2026

The Irresistible Rise of the 21 Group

Total page views on the 21 Group website have now surpassed 400,000. It took nearly two years to reach the first 100,000 views; that figure is now being added approximately every six weeks, reflecting a marked…

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Blog · 11 Jul 2026

Another Cambridge Scandal Breaks

A major investigation by Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Jukes of Byline Times here and here exposes a web of connections linking Cambridge University, Reform UK and Trump-aligned US tech billionaire Peter Thiel — raising fundamental questions…

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