Justin Cole, MA, FRSA in

Justin Cole, MA, FRSA

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Fellow at Royal Society of Arts
📍 Greater Sheffield Area, United Kingdom

Justin Cole is the Executive Director of External Relations at Newcastle University, leading teams in marketing, student recruitment, and communications. With over 20 years in the public sector, including as a government advisor, he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Colleagues describe him as enthusiastic, engaging, and a strategic thinker.

Canadian by birth and Australian by heritage, Justin has a strong connection to his community, having served on the board of a health and wellbeing charity to support his "adopted home" of Sheffield. He is a graduate of Curtin University in Australia and holds an MA from the University of Leeds.

Unique fact: He previously worked in the civil service as a communications adviser to successive UK higher education ministers.

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Current Role
Fellow
Location
Greater Sheffield Area, United Kingdom
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Higher Ed Marketing
He is a former chair of the Universities' Marketing Forum and serves on the European board of CASE, frequently speaking on university marketing and communications strategy.
Strategic Communications
His career includes advising government ministers and leading the entire external relations function, from corporate communications to student recruitment, for a major university.
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Career

Work history

10-2021
Fellow
Royal Society of Arts
7-2021
Executive Director of External Relations
Newcastle University
8-2022 - 3-2025
Regional Council Chair
CASE Europe
9-2019 - 6-2021
Director of Marketing and Communications
Bournemouth University
3-2017 - 9-2019
Member of the Board of Trustees
SIV The Health & Wellbeing Charity
In the press

Media appearances

50 Famous Fellows. Featured in The RSA (Royal Society of Arts)
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Education
2012 - 2012
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CASE Strategic Marketing Institute
2006 - 2010
MA
University of Leeds
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