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đŸ„• Did you know TUSA Food Hubs aren’t funded through SSAF?Food Hubs have become one of the University’s most accessed stu...
29/07/2026

đŸ„• Did you know TUSA Food Hubs aren’t funded through SSAF?

Food Hubs have become one of the University’s most accessed student support services, providing affordable groceries and fresh produce to students experiencing cost-of-living pressures.
 
In 2026 alone, we’ve already recorded 7,500 student visits, almost matching the total number of visits across all of last year. Demand continues to grow, but the external grant funding that currently supports the Food Security Program is due to end later this year.
 
The SSAF funding that TUSA currently receives is already fully allocated to existing student services and programs. Funding Food Hubs from that allocation would mean cutting other services that students rely on.
 
That’s why TUSA is advocating for an increase in SSAF funding dedicated to the Food Security Program, so students don’t have to choose between this and TUSA’s other programs and services.
 
The current UTAS SSAF Survey is your opportunity to tell the University what student services matter most to you. There are opportunities throughout the survey to share your views on the services you’d like to see supported in the future. Every response helps the University understand what students value most.
 
Check your UTAS email, click the SSAF Survey link, have your say in a few minutes. Your money, your call.

Did you know that the current minimum research training stipend is below the Henderson Poverty Line?HDR students in Aust...
22/07/2026

Did you know that the current minimum research training stipend is below the Henderson Poverty Line?

HDR students in Australia are struggling, with too many of the country’s brightest minds turning away from pursuing research simply because they can’t afford to.

Join us in signing the Parliamentary e-petition calling on the Australian Government to increase the minimum HDR stipend to $50,000 per year as an investment in Australian research. Head to the link in our bio and click ‘HDR stipend petition’ to add your voice to the call for investment in Australia’s HDR students.

Whether in emails or when enrolling, you’ve no doubt seen it mentioned, but
 what exactly is SSAF?Student Services and A...
21/07/2026

Whether in emails or when enrolling, you’ve no doubt seen it mentioned, but
 what exactly is SSAF?

Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) is a compulsory fee for most University students, which cover services and amenities for students that are of a non-academic nature.

What does that mean? It means things like employment and career advice, food services, and sport and other recreational activities.

SSAF is student money, so your voice as a student should be heard on where SSAF goes! UTAS opened their annual SSAF Survey this week, to gather information around what SSAF-funded services you use, and where you would like to see your student money spent. To fill out the survey, head to your UTAS email and follow the link emailed out to you this Monday. It only takes a few minutes, and it ensures that student voice on SSAF spending is heard.

Want to learn more about SSAF? Head to the link in our bio and click ‘Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF)’ to access the UTAS breakdown of what SSAF is, how it’s charged, and where it’s allocated.

16/07/2026

What would make your experience as a postgrad student better? Let us know!!

Taking just a few minutes to complete our Postgraduate engagement survey will help us learn how best to communicate with you as UTAS postgrad students, as well as the kinds of events and opportunities you want to see.

Take part in the Postgraduate Engagement Survey here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=VV3rFZEZvEaNp6slI03uCH8LPea0NL5ChfsT26ZlnNhUMVVENE9STktRMldBRE5LNDBXQU8xNEJYWi4u&route=shorturl&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleATFPoFwZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABpxwODcLao4U95Wy8kJCSFeSsf_qJ4fjsA2rgcFZeSwsbj3XsSfLxt7aJCkI9_aem_66oSt4eejqLPNm44CjgvBw

29/05/2026

Juggling classes, meetings, assignments and representing students as part of the State Council is no easy task. Join Oli, your Southern Campus President, in just one day in his busy life, including planning the Vent Tents those of you on the southern campuses may have met him at!

The days of all of our reps look a little bit different, so stay tuned for videos from some of your other reps in the future 👀

This week is National Reconciliation Week. From the 27th of May to the 3rd of June, it immediately follows National Sorr...
27/05/2026

This week is National Reconciliation Week. From the 27th of May to the 3rd of June, it immediately follows National Sorry Day on the 26th of May, a day of mourning and reflection.

This year, Reconciliation Australia’s theme is “All In for Reconciliation”. At TUSA, we use this invitation to reflect and listen deeply to truth, take proactive action, and urge all members of our TUSA community to walk with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, staff, and the palawa community towards a better future.

We know that racism continues in awful and systemic ways for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The Respect at Uni survey data released earlier this year evidenced the disproportionate statistics we keep hearing from staff and students’ lived experiences. Institutions like the University of Tasmania and TUSA must do more to listen, respond, and create meaningful change. This is unequivocally not okay. We are committed to combatting this in our university context. We’re proud to now be delivering on our first student-led Reconciliation Action Plan. We are working with Aboriginal students, staff, and community leaders to make TUSA a more culturally safe, responsive, and accountable space. We’re committed to a long-term journey toward a decolonised future.

We invite you, reading this, to join us in attending events, learning more, and acting on pathways towards truth telling and treaty in your communities, too, by supporting Aboriginal-led initiatives and engaging with our local community voices. Let’s all go all in for reconciliation.

At TUSA, we honour the palawa and pakana peoples as the Traditional Owners of lutruwita (Tasmania). We pay deep respect to Elders past, present and emerging student leaders, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land. 

   

25/05/2026

Hey Postgrad students - we know focusing when working alone can be a challenge. That’s why Jeppe, our TUSA Postgrad rep, runs Shut Up & Write sessions every 2nd Wednesday. In them, you get to focus on your work alongside other HDR students, with pomodoro-style writing sessions to help you keep on track (and give you a chance to take a break too!)

The sessions run in Room 109 of the Social Sciences building in Sandy Bay, as well as online via Zoom, so you can join wherever you are.

Interested? Email Jeppe at [email protected] or visit the TUSA website: https://tusa.org.au/shut-up-and-write/

05/05/2026

The TUSA State Council supports the right of all UTAS staff to fight for better working conditions, and we stand in solidarity with them as they do so. Better staff conditions directly lead to better learning conditions, and we stand in support of better working and learning conditions for all. We urge the University to listen to staff and student voices, and to ensure better working and learning conditions for all.

The NTEU are commencing industrial action this week with a short ‘Stop Work’ strike today in the south and tomorrow in the north. While we are working with the NTEU to try and ensure minimal disruption to key student assessments, if you need support during this time, please contact our TUSA Advocates at [email protected].

Have thoughts about academic quality and course delivery at uni? Join your State Council next Monday, May 4th for an onl...
30/04/2026

Have thoughts about academic quality and course delivery at uni? Join your State Council next Monday, May 4th for an online Academic Roundtable!

Academic Roundtables are a great place to connect with your student representatives and let them know about the concern you, your Club or Society members, or your student cohorts might be experiencing. In next week’s Roundtable, we’ll be focusing on academic quality and the delivery of courses. If you have concerns that you’d like your student representatives to follow up on, this is a great opportunity to raise them!

Interested in coming along? To express your interest, email your Undergraduate Education President, Solomon, at [email protected] 📧

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