| 1972 | 19th June SELMOUS was established |
| 1976 | First conference |
| 1990 | SELMOUS became The British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes |
| 1992 |
BAS (BALEAP Accreditation Scheme) was first established PIMs (professional issue meetings) were first established |
| 1998 | TEAP was established |
| 2000 | BALEAP.org.uk was registered |
| 2002 | JEAP was established |
| 2004 | ResTES was launched |
| 2010 | BALEAP became a registered company |
| 2014 | The first BALEAP Masters Dissertation Award was awarded |
| 2018 | SIGs were established |
| 2020 | BALEAP Values were established |
| 2022 | BALEAP turned 50 |
| 2024 | The BALEAP podcast 'All things EAP' was created |
| 2025 | The first BALEAP Doctoral award was awarded |
| 2025 | The BALEAP Journal of Research and Practice was launched at the 2025 conference |
Our History
This resource draws on work Andy Gillet has done in collating a number of artifacts from BALEAP's history.
Under construction
Please note this area is currently being constructed.
With thanks to Andy Gillet for sharing his resources and website, we ask you all to check back later as the project of collating and adapting his History of BALEAP website to our new website continues.
BALEAP website
BALEAP has had a website since 1999. Click here to see the evolution of our website
PIMs
PIMs started in June 1991
TEAP
Started as a PIM at Sussex in 1997
BAS
Started in June 1991
Testing
BALEAP has had an interest in testing for a number of years
Conferences
Our first conference was 1975 jointly held with BAAL. We have had one every 2 years since hosted by member institutions.
Executive Committee, Chairs, Honorary Members
We are indebted to the work everyone has done and continues to do for the BALEAP community. A special thanks go to previous executive committee & honorary members who we acknowledge. here in this area.