8 Scottish academics sign letter defending Nathan Cofnas over Jason Arday pile-on

SIX academics from Scottish universities have signed an open letter in support of the researcher who sparked the pile-on which preceded the death of Jason Arday.

NY Post readers discuss Cambridge University professor Jason Arday's death and more.

Nathan Cofnas, the Controversial Academic Who Ignited the Jason Arday Furor  WSJ

BRUSSELS - The US ambassador to Belgium has denounced the suspension of a US academic who led plagiarism accusations against Jason Arday, the black ex-Cambridge professor found dead on Aug 14 after resigning over the scandal.Bill White, posting on X on Aug 21, denounced the decision by the University of Ghent as an att

The U.S. government is pursuing leverage against a university in Belgium after that institution suspended the American academic responsible for exposing deceased Cambridge scholar Jason Arday. U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White announced Friday that the United States would be “reviewing any relationships we have wit

Trump official intervenes in suspension of Arday critic Nathan Cofnas  The Times

Jason Arday, who has died at 41, was a sociologist whose remarkable rise from impoverished beginnings led to his appointment as the youngest black professor at the University of Cambridge. But his success precipitated his downfall when he resigned after an investigation into his academic qualifications and allegations

The death of Jason Arday, following weeks of news coverage of his life and career, has prompted calls for a new inquiry into press standards. The University of Cambridge academic faced an overwhelming volume of comment from international news organisations, broadcasters, digital-native publications and the public on so

Nathan Cofnas doesn’t regret publishing allegations of plagiarism against the late professor, but says the media and Cambridge let Arday down.

As anger grows among the left over the apparent suicide last week of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, an influential band of activists within Great Britain’s largest academics’ union is moving to fuel that raw sentiment into action. These academics—from the University and College Union—want to shield other black

The former Glasgow and Cambridge professor, 41, was found dead in his Battersea home last Friday, following weeks of intense media scrutiny.