Huffpost UK is partnering with Birmingham City University to set up a centre for journalism within the university’s media department that will give students a “first-hand experience” of the news industry.

The online newsbrand will work with BCU to set challenges for students in modules, lead tutorials on news, lifestyle, politics and entertainment and host events attended by its journalists.

The university’s school of media has some 1,000 students, of which about 200 are understood to be studying journalism and will benefit from the Huffpost Centre for Journalism from September.