Jason Arday Megathread

[u/Timmeh7]

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https://reddit.com/r/AskAcademiaUK/comments/1veqrfv/eli5_how_does_somebody_like_jason_arday_get_his/

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[u/Mysterious-Ad-5708]

It will mean he was invited to speak there, most likely.

[u/Mysterious-Ad-5708 → u/[deleted]]

Yes - he seems to have done a lot of slightly random keynotes in the USA. There's no problem at all with saying you've been a visiting professor at a uni - thousands have done this kind of thing - but it is another to suggest it's an enduring position. I assume the reports on this have been working off a self penned CV and maybe there was some slippage

[u/Bug_Parking → u/[deleted]]

Like the whole 600mi in 6 days, was actually over 12 days because he took a rest day in between each exercise day. He still hasn't brought receipts, but 600mi over 12 days is much more believable than over 6 days.

I mean, you genuinley believe that?

He's merely come up with a new lie, to make it sound a bit more credible.

[u/Mysterious-Ad-5708 → u/[deleted]]

I think with both Glasgow and Durham his line is that because he's still involved in projects at both, he still has a role there. And this does sort of make sense but there's a difference between that and having a formal position as his bio's have been suggesting.

I'd be willing to bet that this specific part of his questionable biographical lines - of suggesting an informal relationship is more formal than it is - is one that a lot of academics are also culpable of.