Yesterday, he was one of several ``green shirt'' volunteers who helped co-ordinate a 3.45pm fun social visit by 26 senior secondary school pupils from throughout the country, to Dunedin's Baldwin St, the world's steepest street.
The pupils were among a record 67 pupils attending the University of Otago's eighth annual Advanced School Science Academy, which began in Dunedin this week.
Mr Driver (21) was a senior pupil at South Otago High School in Balclutha when he first took part in the academy in 2014.
Although he had been studying science at secondary level, at that stage he had little detailed idea of his potential study options at university, he said.
But when he got his first taste of studying genetics through the academy, he knew what he wanted to do, and he later gained an Otago BSc in genetics.
This year he will begin MSc studies in genetics at Otago.
Academy director Steve Broni said the academy had proved a life-changing experience for many former participants who came from rural lower-decile schools.
The academy aimed to provide further science education for ``passionate'' science pupils from rural lower-decile schools, who did not have the same opportunities ``as those from higher-decile schools in our larger urban centres'', Mr Broni said.
Mr Driver said it was ``great to be able to help out'' with a study programme that had made a big difference to his own life.
``If I can help someone else, that would be amazing.''
