The University of Cambridge announced on August 7 a review of its hiring processes for senior academic roles following the August 5 resignation of Jason Arday, who had been appointed the university's youngest Black professor in 2023. Both the university and Jesus College launched investigations into plagiarism allegations prompted by new information, with probes continuing after Arday's departure from his professorship and college fellowship. Sonita Alleyne, the first Black head of an Oxbridge college, withdrew her name from a petition supporting Arday.