found: Sydney morning herald WWW site, viewed Feb. 13, 2017(Carolyn Allport 1950 - 2017; won a scholarship to commence studies at the new Macquarie University in 1968; gained a bachelor of economics degree (with honours) and commenced work as a young Macquarie academic in 1974; became the first elected national president of the newly formed National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), a post she held from 1994-2010; widened her academic interests as part of her NTEU role, presenting a wide array of papers at international conferences dealing with globalisation, higher education and trade policy, transnational education, the internet and new technology and university/business partnerships; also a prolific speaker and writer on Australian higher education issues)
