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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Chris Osuh

Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research

Nathan Cofnas smiles outdoors near Cambridge University buildings
Nathan Cofnas said in a post on X he was grateful to Ghent’s rector ‘for allowing me to stay’. Photograph: Adam Gerrard/Mirrorpix

Prof Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas has been barred from teaching on Ghent University campus for three months but has been allowed to continue his research position.

Cofnas, an American academic, was suspended from his postdoctoral research position at the Belgian institution earlier this month pending a “preliminary investigation” launched after Arday’s death.

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