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Arday died in mid-August amid the allegations.","category":"Media","area":"European Union","publishedAt":"2026-08-20T18:06:05.080Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-20T17:18:58.926Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-20T18:06:05.080Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":78,"critic":65,"hype":25,"notes":{"trust":"29 digests agree Ghent suspended Cofnas; La Presse names sources and documents","critic":"Full report quotes affected parties; digests lack context","hype":"Most digests use measured language; a few frame Cofnas negatively"}},"tags":["#AcademicPlagiarism","#GhentUniversity","#JasonArday","#NathanCofnas","#UniversityDisciplinaryAction","#UKHigherEducation"],"entities":["Nathan Cofnas","Jason Arday","Ghent University","Cambridge University","Pietra De Sutter"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Ghent University suspended Nathan Cofnas, a researcher who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism, pending a disciplinary inquiry.","Cofnas announced his suspension on social media platform X, stating he expected to be dismissed.","Arday, the youngest Black professor at Cambridge, died in mid-August after resigning amid plagiarism allegations.","The university described Arday’s death as shocking and called for reflection on how academics treat one another."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ghent University suspended Nathan Cofnas, a US researcher, after opening a disciplinary inquiry into his conduct. Cofnas, who had accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, announced his suspension on social media platform X on 20 August 2026. He wrote that he expected to be dismissed."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The university confirmed the suspension in a statement, describing it as a preventive measure while it assessed whether to refer the case to a disciplinary body. Ghent did not name Cofnas explicitly but referred to a researcher facing allegations. The inquiry follows Cofnas’s public accusations against Arday, which gained traction in British media in July 2026."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Jason Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned in August 2026 amid plagiarism allegations. He was found dead at his home in mid-August. His family described his death as the result of a \"campaign of harassment\" and called for an investigation into what they termed \"media harassment\"."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Cofnas, who describes himself as a \"race realist\", was dismissed from Cambridge in 2024. He had previously published an article alleging widespread plagiarism in Arday’s work. The allegations reignited earlier claims against Arday, which he had denied."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the reports disagree on"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The reports differ on the reason for Cofnas’s suspension. La Presse reported that Ghent University opened a disciplinary inquiry into Cofnas’s conduct. Reuters and WTVB stated that Cofnas was under investigation for discrimination. Naftemporiki described the suspension as a dismissal, while NOS reported that the university considered Cofnas’s statements \"very serious\" but did not specify the outcome."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned that Cofnas was previously dismissed from Cambridge in 2024. None of the centre-rated digests quoted Ghent University’s rector calling Arday’s death shocking or calling for reflection on academic conduct. 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