Karen Stanton

Biography

Professor Stanton was previously Vice-Chancellor of York St John University and, until July 2023, Solent University, Southampton. She is currently serving as Interim Vice-Chancellor at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. As well as holding senior leadership roles at Sheffield Hallam, Birmingham, Nottingham, King’s College London, and Glasgow Caledonian University, she has worked as a researcher for the BBC and the Home Office.

Professor Stanton has set up campuses in New York, Oman, and a College of Nursing in Bangladesh (winning the Unilever Global Development Award in 2014). She has led initiatives focused on universities' role in the community, including bringing the micro-lending Grameen Bank to Scotland and establishing the Centre for Digital Humanities and Centre for Climate Justice at King's.

Professor Stanton is a Fellow of the RSA and a Champion of the Chartered Management Institute and actively serves as a Non-Executive Director on several education sector Boards.