A trouble-hit university hopes an award-winning musician will prove “incredibly popular” in her new role as chancellor. Former BBC Newsnight presenter and politician hopeful Gavin Esler announced he will step down later this year from the University of Kent role. And the position is set to be filled by double-Mobo-winning musician and broadcaster YolanDa Brown. The 41-year-old will be the university’s first black chancellor and the first woman to hold the title since the late Duchess of Kent Princess Marina stepped down in 1968. The University of Kent – which has campuses in Canterbury and Med…