| April 1975 | Birmingham | The Language Problems of Overseas Students in Higher Education in the UK. (Joint conference with BAAL). |
| April 1977 | Manchester | Pre-Sessional Courses for Overseas Students in Higher Education. |
| April 1979 | Newcastle | Study Modes and Academic Development of Overseas Students. |
| April 1981 | Essex | ESP Teacher: Role, Development, Prospects |
| September 1982 (extra conference) | Aston | Communication in English.(Joint conference with UWIST) |
| March 1983 | Exeter | The ESP Classroom: Methodology, Materials and Expectations. |
| March 1985 | Reading | Academic Writing: Process & Product |
| March 1987 | Durham | Autonomy and Individualisation in Language Learning. |
| March 1989 | Leeds | Socio-Cultural issues in EAP. |
| March 1991 | Southampton | Language and Success: Studying Through English. |
| March 1993 | Birmingham | Course design & evaluation in EAP. |
| March 1995 | Nottingham | Standards & Expectations in the Academic Environment. |
| April 1997 | Swansea | Assessment in EAP. |
| April 1999 | Leeds | Issues in EAP Learning Technologies |
| April 2001 | Strathclyde | Directions for the Future. |
| April 2003 | Southampton | Developing Academic Literacy. |
| April 2005 | Heriot Watt | New approaches to materials development forlanguage learrning. (Joint conference with SATEFL) |
| April 2007 | Durham | EAP in a Globalising World: English as an Academic Lingua-Franca. |
| April 2009 | Reading | English for Specific Academic Purposes. |
| April 2011 | Portsmouth | EAP within the HE Garden : Cross Pollination between Disciplines, Departments, Research and Teaching |
| April 2013 | Nottingham | The Janus Moment in EAP: Revisiting the Past & Building the Future. |
| April 2015 | Leicester | EAP in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: Issues, Challenges and Solutions. |
| April 2017 | Bristol | Addressing the State of the Union: Working Together = Learning Together. |
| April 2019 | Leeds | Innovation, Exploration and Transformation. |
| April 2021 | Glasgow (online) | Exploring Pedagogical Approaches in EAP Teaching. |
| April 2023 | Warwick | Caution! EAP under Deconstruction |
| April 2025 | Plymouth | Collaboration, Co-creation and Community |
Past conferences
Our biennial conference is a highlight of the BALEAP calendar. We could not continue delivering these without our member institutions volunteering to host these events.
There is a tremendous amount of time, effort, and resource that goes into organising a conference. BALEAP would like to extend our deepest thanks to past hosts and organising teams. Each conference has been a uniquely thought-provoking experience and we are truly grateful for the opportunity our host institutions provide us to bring the membership together around key issues of EAP.
We have past conference resources available from 2017.
You can also find resources from past PIMs from 2016.
More to come
Andy Gillet has collated an enormous amount of resources and documents from previous conferences and events.
We thank you for your patience as we work through these and upload to Our History area.
Please check back later to see our progress!