Jason Arday is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has held positions at the University of Glasgow and Durham University and is a Visiting Professor at The Ohio State University. Jason is a Patron of the Adult Literacy Trust and a Trustee of the British Sociological Association. He has raised over £5.5 million for charities and was an Olympic Torch Bearer for the London 2012 Olympics.
Jason is the recipient of five Honorary Doctorates for outstanding contribution to higher education, social justice and charity from the University of Westminster, St Mary's University, London South Bank University, Anglia Ruskin University and Southampton Solent University.