DUB is an independent news site for the Utrecht University community. It is a platform for information, insights, and debate made by a team of professional journalists and overseen by a council with members of the UU community as well as external members.
Readers can contribute by sending op-eds, suggestions and tips. They can also contribute regularly as bloggers and freelance writers, photographers or videomakers. If you'd like to do one of those things, please contact us through dubredactie@uu.nl or call us at 030 253 3335.
Students who would like to pursue a journalistic career in the future can do a three-month internship at DUB. Please send an email to our editor-in-chief to learn more.
If you'd like to announce an event or promote something, you can post it yourself on our Podium page.
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DUB’s newsroom consists of:
· Ries Agterberg , tel. 030- 253 1640 / email (Editor-in-Chief)
· Marjorie van Elven, tel. 06 3603 9403 / email (Editor of the English page)
· Xander Bronkhorst , tel. 030-253 2654 of 06- 39302909 / email (Reporter)
· Isabella Hesselink, tel.: 06 - 432 79262 / email (Reporter)
· Gwenda Knobel, tel. 030- 253 1184/ 06-15203349 / email (Reporter and Editor)
· Helga Wellink, tel. 030- 253 4671/ email (Designer)
· Sarah van den Brink , tel. 030 - 253 3335/ mail (Social Media and Advertisements)
Webmaster: Chris Konings (C.Konings@uu.nl) and the H&S web team.
Translations on the English page by Marjorie van Elven (with the help of DeepL).
Freelancers: Nina van der Bent, Noortje van Bentum, Floris van Bodegraven, Sofie Bolder, Layla Deibert, Marlies Dinjess, Mereyn Geskus, Erik Hardeman, Marcel Hobma, Tim de Hullu, Rosanne de Jong, Anne Karthaus, Bas Koppe, Wieneke van Koppen, Lily Lange, Sophie Martens, Matthijs Meulblok, Noah Moeys, Lisanne van Sadelhoff, Jane Singer, Jelle Talsma, Robert Urbascheck, Eva Verbeek, Cas van Vliet, Kees Wagemans, Simon de Wilde.
Regular contributors: Niels Bongers (cartoonist), Ype Driessen (3rd Floor), Joshua Peeters (cartoonist), Ivar Pel (Photography).
Editorial council: Pieter Hooimeijer (chair), Michiel de Hoog (external member), Jose Kamal (student), Bas Mesters (external member), Anja Smit (OBP), Berteke Waaldijk (WP), Sebastian Wijnands (student), Margot van der Kamp (secretary).
DUB is affiliated with the Higher Education Press Agency (HOP). HOP writes about higher education in the Netherlands and DUB publishes some of their articles. HOP retains the copyright of all its articles published by DUB.
DUB is a journalistic medium. Reproducing our information is allowed as long as credits are provided. For digital reproductions, a link to our site is mandatory. Copying articles is only allowed with permission from
DUB takes copyrights seriously and always tries to properly credit its photos. If you find a photo on our website with incorrect or incomplete credits, please let the editors know.
Content-wise, DUB is independent. It is not under Utrecht University's Executive Board. The editorial council supervises DUB’s journalistic integrity and methods.
DUB is a part of Utrecht University as an organisation. It is housed in the Communications & Marketing department