b'Chris was awarded Social Mobility Champion for his work with Role Models Yorkshire at the Student Social Mobility Awards. Ive had to both complete my degree, keep up withneurodiverse engineering students, in order to make my commitments as well as look after my family. Thismy university more accessible for my peers and put me in huge financial difficulty, but the bursaryfuture engineering students. Furthermore, I mentored, helped relieve me of this burden. through the charity ZeroGravity, an A-Level student through the application process for a mechanical This year, I had the opportunity to complete a five- engineering degree. week internship at the Department for Transport as part of the Futures and Innovation team.Without the bursary, I wouldnt have the time for extra-curriculars because I would have to work all I took part in a virtual Q&A session with a secondarythe spare hours to afford bills and books for my school on life as an engineering student. I wasdegree. Because of the bursary I was given the also a member of the University of York studenttime and resources to further develop my skills expert panel representing disabled, religious andoutside of my degree.'