Nicholas is completing a Master of International Relations at the University of Sydney after completing a Bachelor of Security Studies at Macquarie University. In 2017, he undertook short-term study in India at the University of Delhi, St Xavier’s Kolkata and TISS Mumbai as part of the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan. In 2018, he completed an international summer school at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Nicholas has had previous experience as an intern at public policy initiative China Matters as well as being a political risk analyst intern at Horizon Intelligence.