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Race Realist Rattles Rector Confessions of a Disillusioned Academic (Part II) "The moment I heard that 'race realist' Nathan Cofnas had been hired by Ghent University, I knew shit was about to hit the fan." "My academic colleagues claim that discredited 'pseudosciences' like https://t.co/xDNORJEOpi #RaceRealism #AcademicFreedom #Disillusionment #BE

Strong words in @insidehighered about @UGent's letter suspending @nathancofnas: "Ghent argues that Cofnas’s criticism of Arday as “mentally disabled” and a "worthless scholar" was “an intentional and serious disturbance of the peace” that may violate “the Belgian Criminal #HigherEd #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #BE

"Ghent (@Ugent) argues that Cofnas’s criticism of Arday as “mentally disabled” and a "worthless scholar" was “an intentional and serious disturbance of the peace” that may violate “the Belgian Criminal Code.” It is ludicrous (and dangerous) to suggest that accurately accusing a #Ghent #Cofnas #AcademicIntegrity #BE

I promised to give Ghent University the “benefit of the doubt” before writing a full piece about the Cofnas affair, by waiting for the temporary suspension to expire and hoping they’d come to their senses. Reliable sources now tell me that @UGent has extended @nathancofnas’s #CofnasAffair #UGent #HigherEducation #BE

Here is the full letter from Ghent University suspending @nathancofnas. As you can see, it’s one long heckler’s veto: the decision is not so much about Cofnas’ actual violations as about the flood of complaints and protests the rector has received, the reputational damage to the https://t.co/M6MGMfzJ3M #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #BE

Nathan Cofnas, o académico que acusou Jason Arday de plágio, foi suspenso pela Universidade de Ghent enquanto a investigação disciplinar está em curso, mas afirma não se arrepender das suas acusações, que desencadearam uma polémica que culminou na morte de Arday, o professor negro mais jovem da história de Cambridge. #Educação #Universidades #Plágio

Nathan Cofnas, self-proclaimed racial realist and controversial researcher known for arguing a genetic link between race and intelligence, has been suspended by Ghent University after igniting protests over his criticisms of diversity policies and his involvement in the case of plagiarized work by Cambridge sociologist Jason Arday. #Rassenrealist #UniversiteitGent #Controverse

The rector of Ghent University has now suspended @nathancofnas with immediate effect, caving to internal pressure—and doing so without even consulting him. From the suspension letter: “The manner in which you publicly presented your role in the allegations concerning the late https://t.co/IiVcZfeMZ2 #GhentUniversity #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #BE

Excellent work by @UGent. Now that a serious case of academic fraud has finally been exposed, it’s only fair to open an investigation into the only academic who had the audacity to blow the whistle, despite all the legal threats. “Ghent University has decided to take appropriate https://t.co/c0sQNNo9p2 #AcademicIntegrity #Whistleblower #GhentUniversity #BE

Perhaps climate anxiety and energy dehrowth are not the main drivers of A/C resistance among the European population at large, but they very much are at the level of government regulation and elite discourse. Governments keep discouraging it — including my own city of Ghent, https://t.co/g9bF6ctw4v #ClimateAnxiety #EnergyDegrowth #ACResistance #BE #EU

As I predicted last year: the anti-Israel boycott is causing irreparable damage to the international reputation of Ghent University (@UGent). Rector Petra De Sutter: “We have already lost many partnerships.” Fewer research projects, less research funding, fewer doctorates. For https://t.co/4BZZjmTqkh #GhentUniversity #BoycottIsrael #AcademicFreedom #IL #BE