The papers comprising this volume are selected from presentations made at the 2001 Conference of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes which was held at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow Scotland. The role of EAP English for Academic Purposes is increasingly important as higher education institutions consider their linguistic support strategies both for native and nonnative speakers of English and confront the potential of the world wide web as a scholarly and pedagogic resource. The articles collected consider EAP as an international profession from a number of vital and relevant perspectives including practical pedagogy research and the impact of new technology.