- Ghent University has suspended postdoc Nathan Cofnas pending a preliminary disciplinary probe after he publicly accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism and was said to have discriminated against him.
- Jason Arday, who became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned amid weeks of scrutiny over alleged plagiarism and disputed fundraising/athletic claims and was found dead on 14 August.
- Ghent stressed it supports academic freedom but said it must be balanced with responsibility, condemned discrimination, and called Arday’s death a prompt for reflection on how public controversies are handled.
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