The University of Warwick had been shortlisted for two different national social mobility awards.

Warwick has been shortlisted for 'University of the Year' at the UK Social Mobility Awards (SOMOs) 2021 as well as for 'Highest Impact University Initiative Award' at the Student Social Mobility Awards.

Organised by social justice charity Making the Leap, the SOMOs are the oldest dedicated social mobility awards in the UK, and recognise a wide range of organisations.

The second nomination is particularly significant as it comes from student nominations.

The university will find out the results of the Student Social Mobility Awards in September at the House of Lords. They will then have to wait a few weeks before the SOMO winners are revealed on October 14.

Vice-chancellor Professor Stuart Croft said: "This is a truly transformational social mobility programme, supporting students to get in, get on and give back.

"It also demonstrates our commitment to maximising the ability of young people from our own local region to directly benefit from being part of one of the world's top 100 universities.

"By focusing on our local region we not only give something significant back to our community it is also one of the most effective ways of targeting and reaching young people who have the ability to benefit from a leading university but face other social or economic barriers."

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