Tasmanian University Student Association
These services currently include: The vast majority of student sports, social, and faculty-based clubs and societies at the University of Tasmania are affiliated to the TUSA.
[6][7] The original TUU logo was probably adopted in the 1920s, with the motto 'In Unitatem UniTas' which can be interpreted as 'The University of Tasmania working towards unity'.
The classical pillar represents knowledge on a solid footing "to show the Union's links with academic tradition, but drawn in a modern way to emphasis its contemporary outlook".
[10] The TUU also began to organise dances and balls, plays and the rowdy Mock Commem Processions in its early years.
[11] The progressive growth in the TUU and its activities were put on hold by the outbreak of World War I, as students left to join the armed forces.
This enabled the TUU to regain strength, and begin to field teams in the recently instituted Australian inter-varsity sporting competitions.
As the war ended, student numbers increased dramatically and the university began its gradual move from the Hobart Domain to Sandy Bay.
Protests originating from the Union Building and moving into the city of Hobart, regarding the Vietnam War, Apartheid in South Africa and many other issues became common in the 1960s and 1970s.
A poor national economy created opposition to raising the compulsory Union fee, alongside issues of mismanagement within the TUU led to a worsening financial position.
Trading ventures began to run at a loss, there were allegations of corruption, the SRC suffered from in-fighting and frequent turnover, and for six consecutive years the TUU Annual General Meetings (AGMs) failed due to lack of quorum from the student body.
[25] Inexperience and intense party political competition around the SRC was especially damaging around 1976, with the Union technically bankrupt by the end of 1977; although it returned to profit in 1978 under a new President.
[31] However, the new Executive Officer from 1989 increased accountability and efficiency measures, returning financial stability and going on to win a Businesswoman of the Year Award.
[32] As the university grew and diversified, the TUU introduced SRC positions like the satellite campus representatives, sexuality and environment officers; as well as the Postgraduate Council.
The TUU continued to campaign against cuts to tertiary education funding and VSU, and changes to university courses and facilities - but was less successful over the long term, especially with a less activist student population than in the past .
In 2011, the bulk of the commercial operations (including catering, retail, and housing services) offered on campus by the TUU were sold to the University.
[35] At the time, this decision by the BoM to sell the commercial assets was viewed as controversial, and reinvigorated student interest in the TUU and its operations.
A series of systemic structural issues within the TUU were identified, with the review concluding that the organisation is not transparent, and fails to represent students.
