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TEC PA & Lighting, often shortened to TEC, is a Student Run Events Company, part of the University of Nottingham, England, where it is part of the Students' Union.

History
TEC PA & Lighting was founded in the early 1940s providing searchlights over the University of Nottingham campus to highlight enemy bombers passing over Nottingham. Shortly after the Second World War the Students' Union created a Technical Executive Committee to provide for students technical needs. This committee managed various technical committees who provided services such as student radio, theatre equipment, AV and disco’s. Some time in the 60’s various groups split away from the TC to specialise in certain areas. This was due to the high membership, specialist interests and management arguments. These new factions then developed into what is now the Nottingham New Theatre, URN, Uni Films and TEC PA and Lighting. TEC has since branched out into all arms of the entertainment and events industry. With over three quarters a million pounds worth of equipment, weighing in at over 15 tonnes TEC can provide a high quality service to clients around the UK; however the majority of the clientele remain the various organisations of the Students' Union at Nottingham University.

Over the past 50 years TEC has made numerous contributions to the industry as a whole. Most notably a member invented the DMX protocol which has now developed into the industry standard protocol to control intelligent lighting fixtures in the lighting industry.

Membership
All TEC members are volunteers and the vast majority are current students at the University of Nottingham, with help from some former students who now work professionally in the events industry or elsewhere.

Vehicles
All TECs Vehicles are named after Magic Roundabout Characters. The current fleet is made up of Brian and Ermintrude who can often be seen on Campus.