Carolyn allport biography

Colleagues from the higher education sector in Australia and around the world are remembering the life and work of Carolyn Allport, a founding leader of NTEU union who passed away last week.

Carolyn Allport, the first elected National President of Australia’s National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), passed away last week.

Allport was president of the NTEU from and served the union at national and international levels, including membership of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Executive, negotiation and representation with eight Federal Education Ministers, an ongoing relationship with Universities of Australia and representation of NTEU and Education International (EI) in the OECD and UNESCO.

Allport was widely known as a strong voice for the values of the university sector, a passionate advocate for the rights of women, a dedicated campaigner for the recognition of, and restorative action for, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and a life-long supporter of s