They describe Devos as a committed promoter: “We know him as a colleague who stands up for his doctorate students and who also adopted them to the outside world. Someone who showed genuine gratitude if the necessary efforts were made at work.” According to them, the ‘unsubsent’ statements that are being raised in a culture of “biting humor” and “companionship”.
They also protect the academic profile of Devos. “He does not have twenty scientific top publications to his name, but anyone who looks at the academic existence through such glasses has clearly never been actively active within a university.”