Since 2024 Nik has worked in his current role within the Intellectual Disabilities Research Institute (IDRIS) at the University of Birmingham. He is currently dividing his time between two NIHR-funded projects: (i) Mapping and Evaluating Services for Children with Learning Disabilities and Behaviours that Challenge (MELD), and (ii) An evaluation of Care (Education) and treatment reviews for people with learning disabilities and autistic people (CECiLiA).
From 2019 to 2024 Nik worked at the Centre for Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) at the University of Warwick. He primarily worked on projects focused on services for children with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge, plus teaching reading skills to adults with intellectual disabilities.
From 2018 to 2022 Nik undertook various ad hoc visiting lecturer and research assistant roles at the University of Wolverhampton.
From 2017 to 2025 Nik undertook a PhD at the University of Wolverhampton. This was concerned with promoting the political engagement of people with intellectual disabilities.
Prior to academic research work, Nik worked for almost a decade in social care roles directly supporting people with intellectual disabilities and autistic people.