Karen Stanton

For the American diplomat, see Karen Clark Stanton.

Professor Karen Stanton
Professor Karen Stanton in July 2018
Nationality	British
Education	Professor
Alma mater	University of Sheffield Manchester Metropolitan University
Occupation	Academic Administration and Lecturing
Organization	Solent University

Karen Stanton is a British historian, academic and the current Vice Chancellor of Solent University.

Education

Stanton holds a bachelor degree in history from University of Sheffield and a post graduate qualification in information science from Manchester Metropolitan University.

Career

Stanton is the current Vice Chancellor of Solent University. She was previously Vice Chancellor of York St John University, deputy Vice Chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University. She has previously held positions at Birmingham University, King's College London, Sheffield Hallam and Nottingham University.

Prior to her accession, she was chair of the cathedral's group and vice chair of GuildHE. She was responsible for GCU's overseas campuses in Bangladesh, Oman and New York, and was a member of the United Nations Alliance for United Kingdom. She also worked with BBC as a researcher.