Studying modern languages at the University of Leeds, Oliver is currently on placement year with an international haulier in Austria, where he has started learning French. A keen writer and linguist, his research interests include society, culture, economics and politics; having a paper accepted to a German language conference last year. He has previously worked as a translator with German and English writers on the Leeds:Dortmund 50 project, and he currently writes for and co-edits a university journal.