Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended from university

An academic who made plagiarism allegations against Professor Jason Arday before his death has been suspended by a university.Prof Arday resigned from his role at the University of Cambridge this month after he faced intense scrutiny over accusations of plagiarism initially made by fellow academic Nathan Cofnas.Mr Cofnas, who claims he advocates for “race realism”, is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University’s department of philosophy and moral sciences, according to his website.In a post on X on Thursday, he said: “I am under investigation by my university for discriminating against Arday.”In a separate post, Mr Cofnas added: “I was just suspended by Ghent University. They will almost certainly fire me.”Ghent University confirmed his suspension after saying Prof Arday’s dea