Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah, journalist Clive Myrie and the former prime minister of New Zealand, Dame Jacinda Arden, will receive honorary degrees from the University of Oxford.

Sir Mo is among nine recipients who will be honoured by the university at a special ceremony on 25 June.

The long-distance runner won gold medals in the 5,000m and 10,000m races at the London 2012 games – a feat he repeated four years later in Rio de Janeiro.

When making the revelation, Sir Mo told the BBC that sport had been a lifeline for him growing up as “the only thing I could do to get away from this [living situation] was to get out and run”.

After taking up running, he went on to become Team GB’s most successful ever track and field athlete, and became synonymous with his customary “Mobot” celebration.

Alongside Sir Mo, BBC News journalist and presenter Clive Myrie, who also presents Mastermind, will also be honoured, as well as his BBC colleague Lord Melvyn Bragg.

Lord Bragg has worked at the corporation since the early 1960s, and currently presents the Radio 4 series In Our Time – alongside his work as an author and member of the House of Lords.

Former prime minister of New Zealand Dame Jacinda Arden will also be honoured as part of the ceremony.