Presenters from BBC Radio 1 and ITV are among a group of newly-appointed mentors to a university’s journalism students.

The University of Gloucestershire has appointed four new course associates – including two of its own graduates – to mentor students on its BA Journalism programme.

The mentors are Radio 1 Newsbeat presenter Rebecca Swash, Vice documentary director Tayo Yusuff – both former Gloucestershire students – as well as ITV news presenter Kylie Pentelow and multi-award-winning reporter, author and TikTok creator Sophia Smith Gale.

Kylie, pictured, began her career on the Bath Chronicle before moving into broadcasting.

She said: “It’s an absolute honour to be a course associate at University of Gloucestershire.

“Journalism is such an exciting field and is evolving by the day. To be able to interact with, and hopefully inspire, the next wave of journalists will be a privilege.”

Course leader Paul Wiltshire added: “Our course and our teaching have employability at their very core.

“Everything we do here is aimed at nurturing amazing journalistic team players who will have incredibly fulfilling careers.

“Our new course associates will play a crucial role in helping us to continue to achieve that goal.”