A fresh investigation by scientific publisher Taylor & Francis has concluded without substantiating plagiarism allegations again raised against Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge earlier this year.

A spokesperson for the publisher said “after considering media claims about an article by Arday, raised this summer, they had found “no grounds” for adding to their previous assessment.”

“In August, a preliminary investigation was opened to consider concerns raised with us about the article, ‘Attempting to break the chain: reimaging inclusive pedagogy and decolonising the curriculum within the academy’,” the spokesperson said.

“Following further review and in agreement with the journal’s editors, we concluded that there were no grounds for adding to the correction notice published in 2024.”

However, despite this a “private inquiry” commissioned by a group involved in the campaign against the late Cambridge professor looks set to shield the press from accountability for weeks of inaccurate reporting.

The organisation behind the “independent” investigation into the late Jason Arday’s Cambridge appointment is backed by billionaire Reform UK megadonor Ben Delo, who also finances a Westminster political hub that has hosted Aporia, a platform promoting anti-black race science.

The Committee for Academic Freedom (CAF) has previously publicly acknowledged Delo’s support, though how much he has given to it is unclear. Delo, a crypto billionaire who has donated £36 million to Reform UK, also finances a Westminster office and events space for right-wing groups called The Sanctuary. 

In July 2024, The Sanctuary hosted an Aporia event featuring Nathan Cofnas, the “race realist” whose allegations about Arday helped drive the campaign against the former Professor of Sociology of Education at Cambridge University.

Aporia is a stealth race science magazine operating as a rebranded front organisation for a Nazi eugenics’ foundation set up in 1937.