{{Short description|Student media at the University of Tasmania}} {{For|the Roman male representation|Toga}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Togatus | school = University of Tasmania | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | image = Togatus_front_cover,_edition_3,_2019.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = The cover of ''Togatus'' Edition 3, 2019 | motto = ''Your Student Media'' | type = Student publication | format = Newspaper | owner = Tasmania University Union | founder = <!-- or |founders= --> | publisher = | president = | editor = | chief_editor = Evelyn Unwin Tew | deputy_editor = Beth Hanley | news_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date|1931}} | political_position = | language = | ceased_publication = <!-- Use: {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | relaunched = | headquarters = Sandy Bay | publishing_city = Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | publishing_country = | circulation = | circulation_date = | circulation_ref = | readership = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | eISSN = | oclc = | RNI = | website = {{URL|http://www.togatus.com.au/}} | free = }}
'''''Togatus''''' is the independent student media at the University of Tasmania and is produced for students, by students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.togatus.com.au/about/|title=ABOUT|date=28 July 2015|publisher=}}</ref> Published by the Tasmania University Union since 1931, ''Togatus'' produces four print editions each year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/togatus|title=Togatus Magazine|website=Issuu}}</ref> and occasionally features student news on its website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.togatus.com.au/|title=Togatus|website=Togatus}}</ref>
''Togatus'' aims to reflect the diversity of students in the University of Tasmania community. Students are encouraged to engage with the publication and to submit work including news reports, opinion pieces, creative writing, poetry, photography, design and illustration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tuu.com.au/publications/togatus/ |title=Togatus |publisher=TUU |date= |accessdate=2018-11-15}}</ref>
Following a number of years of infrequent publication, ''Togatus'' returned in 2009 with the then Premier of Tasmania, David Bartlett, telling the Examiner (Tasmania) the student publication was an important part of university life, a place where ideas could be debated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/495304/uni-student-mag-togatus-makes-a-comeback/|title=Uni student mag Togatus makes a comeback|date=11 March 2009|publisher=}}</ref>
Notable editors have included Charles Wooley,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/a-look-behind-the-news-with-tasmanian-journalist-charles-wooley/news-story/8ad7b2a991f921a65a9509cceb82845d |title=A look behind the news with Tasmanian journalist Charles Wooley | the Mercury |website=www.themercury.com.au |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410200846/http://www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/a-look-behind-the-news-with-tasmanian-journalist-charles-wooley/news-story/8ad7b2a991f921a65a9509cceb82845d |archive-date=10 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Michael Hodgman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17801/1/alexander-students-first.pdf |title=Alexander students |website=eprints.utas.edu.au }}</ref> and Kevin Bonham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5247327/tasmanian-election-analyst-dr-kevin-bonham-talks-about-elections-snails-and-chess/|title=Tasmanian election analyst Dr Kevin Bonham talks about elections, snails and chess|first=Sue|last=Bailey|date=26 February 2018|publisher=}}</ref> Unlike many other student publications at Australian universities, the editorial team of ''Togatus'' is not elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2015/08/28/with-the-grown-ups-in-charge-are-student-rags-going-soft/|title=With the grown-ups in charge, are student rags going soft?|date=28 August 2015|publisher=}}</ref>
''Togatus'' replaced the original union publication, "Platypus", in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17802/1/alexander-state-of-the-union.pdf |title=Alexander state of the union |website=eprints.utas.edu.au }}</ref>
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{{University of Tasmania}} {{AusStudentNews}}
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