The Daily Mail, Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and City University have launched a scheme to help two students from under-represented groups break into journalism.

It is aimed at those from ethnic minorities and poor backgrounds.

The Stephen Lawrence Daily Mail Scholarship will cover post-graduate tuition fees as well as living expenses. Recipients will have access to work experience at the Daily Mail, mentorship from Daily Mail Journalists and will join the Daily Mail or Mail Online graduate trainee scheme at the end of their course on a 12-month paid contract.