Fred Jarvis

Frederick Frank Jarvis CBE (born 8 September 1924) is a retired British trade union leader. He was President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 1952 to 1954 and General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) from 1975 to 1989. Jarvis served as President of the Trades Union Congress in 1987, the first Oxford graduate to hold that position.

As a child Jarvis attended Plaistow Secondary School in what was then the County Borough of West Ham in Essex. He went to University of Liverpool for a Diploma in Social Sciences, and obtained a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford. He married Anne Colegrove, herself a vice-president of the NUS, in 1954.

In 1951 Jarvis fought the safely-Conservative seat of Wallasey on behalf of the Labour Party, but was defeated by the incumbent, Ernest Marples, by 15,705 votes.

Jarvis remains a lifelong supporter of West Ham United Football Club.

A keen photographer, Jarvis had an exhibition of his work at the TUC Centre in 2010 in aid of the North London Hospice.

In 2014 he published his autobiography You Never Know Your Luck.

Jarvis was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours.

Named after Jarvis and his late wife, the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award was established in 2007 and is presented annually by the NUT to individuals other than NUT members who have campaigned tirelessly for all children and young people.

For a list of winners of the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award see List of Fred and Anne Jarvis Award winners.