AGM 2012

The funeral of Professor Geoff Hawksworth will be held on 14th November 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at  Dukinfield Crematorium.  Geoff’s obituary may be found here.

I was very saddened to hear of the recent death of Bill Hoskyns, who was, without a doubt, one of the greatest fencers ever to wear a Great Britain tracksuit.  On behalf of the Academy, I would like to extend our condolences to his family and friends on this sad occasion. Philip Bruce President, BAF

  It is with great personal sadness that I must inform you that Professor Roy Goodall passed away last night (24/04/12), in hospital. Roy had ongoing heart problems, and had been recovering from a second stroke (the first was 4 years ago). Last week Roy fell and injured his back and this led to further…

The results for the October BAF exams can be found here.

Vetting & Barring Scheme and Criminal Records Regime Review – Recommendations Announced.The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has unveiled a new scaled back employment vetting scheme and fundamental reform of criminal records checks.Announcing the findings of the parallel reviews of the Vetting & Barring Scheme and the criminal records regime on Friday 11 February Mr…