Following a successful search by Dixon Walter, Glasgow Caledonian University appoint Director of Future Students, Marketing and Communications (FSM&C).
Posted 8th May 2024
Following a successful search by Dixon Walter, Glasgow Caledonian University appoint Director of Future Students, Marketing and Communications (FSM&C).
The University is delighted to announce that Karen Varty has been appointed Director of Future Students, Marketing and Communications (FSM&C).

The FSM&C directorate is responsible for the recruitment and admission of UK and international students for our Glasgow and London campuses, marketing and student communications, and wider media and corporate communications.
Karen joins from Manchester Metropolitan University where she is Director of Recruitment and Admissions. She has more than two decades of experience in Higher Education, holding roles across a number of Professional Services functions both centrally and in academic faculties and departments. Prior to her role at Manchester Metropolitan University, she was at The University of Manchester.
Karen has also been a member of Manchester Metropolitan’s Board of Governors, a role she held for five years, and is a graduate of The University of East Anglia, where she studied English History. She will begin her new role at Glasgow Caledonian University on August 1.
Karen said: “I am delighted to be joining Glasgow Caledonian University as Director of Future Students, Marketing and Communications, and am really looking forward to working with the team and colleagues across the institution in delivering the University’s ambitions and vision.”
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Susan Mitchell said: “Karen is a great appointment, and I am delighted to welcome her to our University community. She has a great wealth of experience and will be a fantastic colleague, working collaboratively across the University to support delivery of our strategy. I’m sure all staff will join me in wishing her well.”
From the whole team at Dixon Walter we wish Karen and the institution every success with this new appointment.
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