Studyportals, Global. David Bradley has been appointed as the senior partnerships director for UK and Ireland with Studyportals. David is responsible for connecting with top universities to help them diversify and grow their international student body, as well as providing them with challenging insights on international student mobility and ways to grow quality and retention of their international cohort. He also oversees multi-level business development with a focus on connecting and building trust with the board and decision-making units of top institutions resulting in multi-year partnerships. David has an extensive background in higher education in the UK and Ireland that includes a portfolio of working for Globally Ranked and Russell Group Universities. He has had great success in supporting Universities to grow and develop their global markets for over fourteen years. David also has over ten years’ experience working in professional football with Liverpool FC and Manchester United. The key challenge for this post will be supporting the wider UK and Ireland Universities to achieve their targets alongside managing and growing university international strategies.