<p>Student supporters of Reform UK at Oxford college have organised evening with Nathan Cofnas discussing DEI</p><p>The University of Oxford’s Oriel College has been urged to cancel an event featuring Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas that has been organised by student supporters of Reform UK.</p><p>Arday, 41, was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/15/jason-arday-tributes-paid-to-former-cambridge-professor">found dead in August</a> after resigning from his University of Cambridge professorship. He had faced intense media scrutiny after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/30/nathan-cofnas-jason-arday-accuser-teaching-ban-research">Cofnas made unproven accusations</a> of plagiarism against him and said there were “serious questions” about his biographical claims.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/oct/27/oriel-college-jason-arday-accuser-nathan-cofnas-reform-students-event">Continue reading...</a>
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Oriel College urged to cancel student group’s event with Jason Arday accuser
<p>Student supporters of Reform UK at Oxford college have organised evening with Nathan Cofnas discussing DEI</p><p>The University of Oxford’s Oriel College has been urged to cancel an event featuring Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas that has been organised by student supporters of Reform UK.</p><p>Arday, 41, was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/15/jason-arday-tributes-paid-to-former-cambridge-professor">found dead in August</a> after resigning from his University of Cambridge professorship. He had faced intense media scrutiny after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/30/nathan-cofnas-jason-arday-accuser-teaching-ban-research">Cofnas made unproven accusations</a> of plagiarism against him and said there were “serious questions” about his biographical claims.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/oct/27/oriel-college-jason-arday-accuser-nathan-cofnas-reform-students-event">Continue reading...</a>