Acuma Incorporated and Australian University Sport
Joint Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation impact study - Introduction
Overall, it is clear that participation in university sporting, recreational, social and cultural activities by students has reduced post VSU and unless replacement funding is generated the capacity of the sector to continue to provide services will progressively deteriorate - of particular concern are the reductions in the number of students participating in sporting, social and cultural clubs and at inter-university sport. Any further reductions in the level of funds currently being provided by universities or through the Regional University Sport Funding Program will inevitably cause further contraction in the level of student participation and further exacerbate an emerging trend towards inequitable distribution in that participation.
It is also clear the grants available from the VSU Transition Fund do not address the shortfalls in recurrent funding and provide only temporary respite from the pressing capital needs of the sector.
