Within VIP, we think mental health is a very important topic. Therefore, on this page, you can find some important resources or tips. You can also find all of VIP's trust persons here.

Study Advisors

Psychology has several study advisors:

• Iris de Boer
• Lex Jurna
• Ellen Schaafsma
• Arlette van Berkel
• Sietske Weide
• Marleen de Jonge

You can find more information about how they can be contacted via the following link: Study Advisors Psychology

Resources University of Groningen 

If you are experiencing or witnessing aggression, discrimination, or sexual harassment at the UG, you can find information about what you can do here.

Next to this, the UG also has a Student Well-being Portal. You can access this portal here.

Below, you can find other resources and tips!

Meet Wake Up Student Psychology & Coaching.
Student life could be fun, but can be challenging at the same time. Wake Up Student offers
psychological guidance and coaching for students aimed at common challenges:
✔ Psychological complaints
✔ Study choice to career guidance
✔ Effective study habits
✔ Balancing study and daily student life
Make an appointment for personal guidance via their website or send an e-mail to
info@wakeupstudent.nl. As a member of your association, you are entitled to a free first
consultation. We will try to see you within a week!

Not Alone

Not Alone is a voluntary peer-counseling service based in Groningen. They aim to build a community of peers who support each other through their experiences. Through a training programme (created by psychology students), they aim to take on and train volunteers in peer social support skills that would enable them to offer their services (through Not Alone) to anyone who requests them.

You can find more information here: Info | Not Alone Groningen

Trust persons

Within the association, two persons of the Board serve as trustpersons. Next to this, we appointed two persons as external trust persons this year! Do you have something on your mind, a confidential question or do you have any concerns about VIP? We are glad to answer your questions and see what we can do for you. 

You can always contact us by sending a mail to trustpersons@vipsite.nl or filling in this anonymous form (only trustpersons have access to these responses). Or if you want to talk to someone even more privately, you can send a message to the contact information stated below. 

Board 24-25

Anne Sofie Mateboer +31 6 55062210

Elja Bregman: +31 6 22272614

External/Board 23-24

Willemijn Felen: +31 6 57681334

External/General member

Emma Keijzer: +31 6 10312312

Francisco “Kiko” Marques: +351 937805464

From left to right: Emma, Anne Sofie, Kiko, Willemijn, Elja