Andy Gillett has spent most of the last 40 years teaching English, linguistics, academic-skills and related subjects both in the UK and abroad. During this time he has taught mainly ESP - English for Specific Purposes - in universities, colleges, private language schools, offices and factories. For the last 30 years most of his work has been involved with English for Academic Purposes - EAP - in British higher education. Until 31st July 2009, he was mainly involved in organising, planning and teaching EAP and study-skills courses to students taking a wide range of courses at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK. In addition, he taught courses in language studies at undergraduate level and supervised dissertation students and was also involved in postgraduate teaching in applied linguistics and English language teaching. This included designing, planning, running and teaching on the MA in the Practice of English Language Teaching.His research interests are all connected with the teaching of ESP/EAP, including the role of language and linguistic and study-skills in academic and professional success, materials, course design, testing and teaching. As well as teaching, he has written articles on EAP for publication and given many conference presentations. He continues to be interested in current developments in EAP and Applied Linguistics. His work now involves a range of projects connected with electronic and paper-based materials writing, editing and proofreading as well as course planning, materials design & evaluation, and teaching for a number of clients. These have recently included University of Hertfordshire, Coventry University, University of Durham,University of Kent, University of Bedfordshire, London Metropolitan University, University of Cardiff, University of Luxembourg, University of Pardubice, British Council, Pearson Education, Garnet Education, NCUK and Imperial College (Epigeum).