Professor Jason Arday

Professor of Education, University of Cambridge

Jason Arday is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.  Previously, Jason was Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow and has also held the position of Associate Professor in Sociology at Durham University and Deputy Executive Dean for People and Culture in the Faculty of Social Science and Health.

Jason is a Patron of the Adult Literacy Trust (ALT) and Get Further, an award-winning UK charity providing tuition and support in English and maths to disadvantaged students. He is a Trustee of the British Sociological Association (BSA) and sits on the NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group and the ITV Cultural Advisory Council. 

Jason was formerly a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading Race Equality Thinktank for 11 years.