The Tasmania University Union Inc (TUU) is the students' union

Students' union

A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...

 that represents tertiary students attending the University of Tasmania

University of Tasmania

The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...

. Until 2007, it repreesented students only at the southern campus but with the cessation of the Student Association due to Voluntary Student Unionism

Voluntary student unionism

Voluntary student unionism is a policy, notable in Australia, under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary....

 it now encompasses the entire university. The TUU holds annual elections from which members are elected to positions within the Union, with positions in both the north and the south. The TUU is affiliated with the National Union of Students (NUS)

National Union of Students of Australia

The National Union of Students is the peak representative body for Australian university students. Most student unions in Australian campuses are affiliated to NUS...

 and with the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations

Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations

The Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, or CAPA, is the peak representative body for postgraduate students in Australia. Founded in 1979, CAPA provides member associations with representation to the Federal government, and peak bodies such as the Australian Research Council and...

.

The TUU was heavily involved in the successful campaign to defeat Commonwealth Voluntary Student Unionism proposals in 1999. However, VSU legislation was later passed by the Australian Parliament in 2005, which saw the end of the Student Association and the TUU encompassing all University of Tasmania students.

The TUU is jointly governed by a Student Representative Council and a Board of Management.

Past presidents

• 1977 Michael Munday
• 1978 Terry Ewing
• 1979 Terry Ewing
• 1982 Richard Flanagan
  Richard Flanagan
  Richard Flanagan is a novelist from Tasmania, Australia.-Early life:Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961, the fifth of six children. He is descended from Irish convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s. His father is a survivor of the Burma Death Railway. One of his three...
  
  
• 1994 Jenny Newman
• 1995 Kate Jackson
• 1996 Anthony Llewellyn
• 1997 Catherine Miller
• 1998 Gilbert Astorga
• 1999 David Wedd (elected but did not take up position due to obtaining paid employment)
• 1999 Bruce Paterson (elected in a by-election)
• 2000 Bruce Paterson
• 2000 Sam Ling (elected unopposed in a by-election after Bruce Paterson resigned mid-term to take up other employment)
• 2001 Mark Evenhuis
• 2002 Ted Alexander
• 2003 Eli White
• 2004 John Moore
• 2005 Emma Catchpole
• 2006 Rikki Mawad
• 2007 Rikki Mawad
• 2008 Robert Meredith
• 2009 Robert Meredith
• 2010 Clare Rutherford

From 2008 onwards, the title was changed to Statewide President due to the amalgimation.

Hobart

• The Uni Bar (Hobart)
• The Refectory
• Lazenby's Bistro
• Lazenby's Kiosk
• The Coffee Cart
• The Law School Cafe (Law Cafe)
• The Faculty of Commerce Cafe (Commec)
• The Art School Cafe
• The Conservatorium Cafe
• The Union Shop
• Postoffice
• TUU Contact Centre
• Entrepot (Art supply shop on the Art School Campus)
• TUU Housing (affordable housing scheme offered only to TUU members)

Launceston

• The Uni Bar
• Unicaf
• TUU Coffee Bar (Previously SA Coffee Bar)
• Degrees Restaurant
• The Union Shop

Other Services

The TUU also sublets to a variety of student-oriented businesses such as:

• UniDoctors (Hobart only)
• Co-Op Bookshop
• STA Travel
• Commonwealth Bank (Hobart only)

Sports Clubs and Societies

The TUU has over 30 affiliated sports clubs and over 80 affiliated non-sporting societies. Despite the introduction of voluntary student unionism resulting in major cuts to direct funding available to these groups, the TUU continues to provide asset and accident insurance, assistance by means of an employed Sports and Societies Officer and convenes monthly Sports Councils and Societies Councils, chaired by the TUU Sports and Societies Councils President. The Councils President is the common president of both councils and workes with an Executive Committee that the Councils elect within their own number. The Councils President is elected by direct election of the student body.

Societies Council Composition:

• President of the Societies Council
• Vice President of the Societies Council
• Treasurer of the Societies Council
• Secretary of the Societies Council
• Sports and Societies Officer (non-voting)
• one delegate from each affiliated society

Sports Council Composition:

• President of the Sports Council
• Vice President of the Sports Council
• Treasurer of the Sports Council
• Secretary of the Sports Council
• Sports and Societies Officer (non-voting)
• one delegate from each affiliated sports club

Affliated Sports Clubs

Affiliated sports club include:

• University of Tasmania Cricket Club
  University of Tasmania Cricket Club
  Tasmania University Cricket Club also known as the "Lions" represent the University of Tasmania in Tasmania's Grade Cricket Competition. Although many of the players are students, or former students it is not compulsory to be so, in order to play for the cricket club.The Tasmania University...
  
  
• University of Tasmania Rugby Union Club
  University of Tasmania Rugby Union Club
  University of Tasmania Rugby Union Club is a Rugby Union club in Tasmania. Established in 1933, the club is a member of the Tasmanian Rugby Union, affiliated with the Australian Rugby Union and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide League...
  
  
• University of Tasmania Soccer Club
  University of Tasmania SC
  University Soccer Club is a football Club which represents the University of Tasmania in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League.The club also fields teams women's teams.-Home Ground:...
  
  

Student Representative Council (SRC)

The SRC consists of elected members from the student population. The committee member positions are defined by the different aspects of University life at UTAS. However, due to Voluntary Student Unionism

Voluntary student unionism

Voluntary student unionism is a policy, notable in Australia, under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary....

, the size of the committee and its financial budget have both been significantly reduced. Furthermore, the amalgimation has seen separate councils in the southern, northern and cradle Coast campuses that meet periodically. The councils are overseen by the Vice-President of that particular region. In addition, some positions have two or more representatives for their partiular region.

The current positions are:

• State Union President (formerly President of the Union)
• Regional Vice-President, South
• Regional Vice-President, North
• Regional Vice President, Cradle Coast
• Treasurer of The Union
• Secretary of The Union
• Activities Officer
• Art School Representative
• Clinical School Representative
• Conservatorium of Music Representative
• Education Officer
• Environment Officer
• International Students Officer
• Postgraduate Council President
• Sexuality Officer
• Sports and Societies Councils President
• Welfare Male Officer
• Welfare Female Officer
• General Representative on SRC (2)

Board of Management (BoM)

The Board of Management is a committee composed of representatives elected from the student body and appointees by the University of Tasmania's University Council. The Board is responsible for administering the commercial and business services of The Union and under the current structure students retain a majority of one on BoM, ensuring student autonomy in the governance of the student organisation.

The Current positions are:

• Chair of The Board (usually a Uni Council appointee acts in this capacity)
• Deputy Chair of The Board (usually the President of The Union acts in this capacity)
• President of The Union
• Treasurer of The Union
• Secretary of The Union
• Board of Management Representative on Executive (must be an elected student rep who does not already sit on Executive)
• Activities Officer
• Postgraduate Council President
• Sports and Societies Council President
• General Student Representatives (2)
• University Council Appointees (7, including Chair)
• General Manager (non-voting)

Executive Committee (Exec)

The Executive Committee is the Joint-Standing Committee of the SRC and BoM and as such makes decisions in the absence of a meeting of either body (or both). All decisions of Executive must be ratified by the relevant body, depending on the type of decision made.

Three core representatives are directly elected to Executive Committee by virtue of their position and following this, the SRC and BoM both internally elect from within themselves a representative to Exec.

The current positions are:

• President of The Union
• Vice President of The Union (elected internally by SRC)
• Treasurer of The Union
• Secretary of The Union
• Board of Management Representative on Executive (elected internally by BoM)
• General Manager (non-voting)