Academic who raised plagiarism allegations against late Prof Jason Arday suspended by university

The self-styled race realist works as a researcher at the university's department of philosophy and moral sciences. The post Belgian university suspends academic who spearheaded plagiarism allegation against Jason Arday appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracyNathan Cofnas, the academic who made plagiarism allegations against Prof Jason Arday before his death, has been suspended by a university.Arday, 41, resigned from his role at the University of Cambridge this month after coverage of Cofnas’s accusations of plagiarism.

The allegations, which were not proven in any formal investigation, triggered questions about Arday’s achievements. Cofnas, a self-described race realist, was fired from Cambridge in 2024. Diagnosed with autism and other developmental difficulties as a child, Arday had disputed the allegations against him.