Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and of exaggerating his backstory, has achieved in a very short period of time something of a Falstaffian ideal. Arday has been likened to Don Quixote, Walter Mitty and Finchy from The Office. But Arday outpaced all scepticism when it emerged that merely completing these tasks in these times was the least of it. Oxford and Cambridge are, for now, still regarded as among the very best universities in the world. If not heads, then mortarboards at least must surely roll.