These “pracademics”
aren’t too smart. Main qualification is too be a charmless self serious striver.
aren’t too smart. Main qualification is too be a charmless self serious striver.
December 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM
These “pracademics”
aren’t too smart. Main qualification is too be a charmless self serious striver.
aren’t too smart. Main qualification is too be a charmless self serious striver.
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Well done paper on Wildfire Urban Interface and Evacs and Sheltering.
#EmergencyManagement
#Wildfires
#Disasters
#Academics
#Pracademics
#WUI
#Evacuation
#Sheltering
#RowdyPenguin
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Well done paper on Wildfire Urban Interface and Evacs and Sheltering.
#EmergencyManagement
#Wildfires
#Disasters
#Academics
#Pracademics
#WUI
#Evacuation
#Sheltering
#RowdyPenguin
www.nist.gov/publications...
WUI Fire Evacuation and Sheltering Considerations: Assessment, Planning, and Execution (ESCAPE)
Impacts of wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires continue to rise in the U.S., as evidenced by the string of devastating and record-breaking events occurring sin
www.nist.gov
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Because sharing is caring.
Well done paper on Wildfire Urban Interface and Evacs and Sheltering.
#EmergencyManagement
#Wildfires
#Disasters
#Academics
#Pracademics
#WUI
#Evacuation
#Sheltering
#RowdyPenguin
www.nist.gov/publications...
Well done paper on Wildfire Urban Interface and Evacs and Sheltering.
#EmergencyManagement
#Wildfires
#Disasters
#Academics
#Pracademics
#WUI
#Evacuation
#Sheltering
#RowdyPenguin
www.nist.gov/publications...
So excited to announce the call for the Women Leading Education Across Continents (WLE) Conference in Bogota, Colombia. This is a special place for solidarity, collective uplift, and speaking truth to power. Please reach out with any questions - Practitioners, Pracademics, Researchers are welcome!
November 13, 2024 at 3:27 PM
So excited to announce the call for the Women Leading Education Across Continents (WLE) Conference in Bogota, Colombia. This is a special place for solidarity, collective uplift, and speaking truth to power. Please reach out with any questions - Practitioners, Pracademics, Researchers are welcome!
NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY
New post on the #thirdspace perspectives blog from Claire Stocks exploring support for ‘pracademics’ or ‘dual professionals’ in #highereducation www.thirdspaceperspectives.com/blog/space-invaders
Space Invaders — Third Space Perspectives - Exploring Integrated Practice
www.thirdspaceperspectives.com
September 5, 2024 at 8:58 AM
New post on the #thirdspace perspectives blog from Claire Stocks exploring support for ‘pracademics’ or ‘dual professionals’ in #highereducation www.thirdspaceperspectives.com/blog/space-invaders
TWO opportunities to contribute to special issues that I’d want to read cover to cover. Deadlines end Jan & end Feb. 2nd call esp. of interest to #HigherEd researchers & pracademics.
🧵Two calls for abstracts for special issues of the British Journal of Sociology of Education @bjse.bsky.social:
1. Thinking Multiple and Complex Educational Inequalities with Bourdieu and Intersectionality (deadline 31 Jan)
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
1. Thinking Multiple and Complex Educational Inequalities with Bourdieu and Intersectionality (deadline 31 Jan)
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Thinking Multiple and Complex Educational Inequalities with Bourdieu and Intersectionality
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:01 AM
TWO opportunities to contribute to special issues that I’d want to read cover to cover. Deadlines end Jan & end Feb. 2nd call esp. of interest to #HigherEd researchers & pracademics.
NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY
July 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY
Back with a fresh curation of #globaldev links featuring
USAID's lacking impact, climate refugees in Tuvalu, the challenges of growing megacities like Mexico-City & Lagos, pracademics, paid internships, AI 4 M&E & more!
aidnography.blogspot.com/2023/11/deve...
USAID's lacking impact, climate refugees in Tuvalu, the challenges of growing megacities like Mexico-City & Lagos, pracademics, paid internships, AI 4 M&E & more!
aidnography.blogspot.com/2023/11/deve...
Links & Contents I Liked 497
Tobias Denskus blogs about international development, focusing on media, communication for social change & professionalism in the aid industry
aidnography.blogspot.com
November 14, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Back with a fresh curation of #globaldev links featuring
USAID's lacking impact, climate refugees in Tuvalu, the challenges of growing megacities like Mexico-City & Lagos, pracademics, paid internships, AI 4 M&E & more!
aidnography.blogspot.com/2023/11/deve...
USAID's lacking impact, climate refugees in Tuvalu, the challenges of growing megacities like Mexico-City & Lagos, pracademics, paid internships, AI 4 M&E & more!
aidnography.blogspot.com/2023/11/deve...
MLS Seminar Series today with Dr Jill Dickinson, Reader of Law at Leeds Beckett University, on the topic of 'pracademics (those with dual practitioner and academic professional experience)'. Thanks to @jamieatkinson.bsky.social for organising this!
April 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
MLS Seminar Series today with Dr Jill Dickinson, Reader of Law at Leeds Beckett University, on the topic of 'pracademics (those with dual practitioner and academic professional experience)'. Thanks to @jamieatkinson.bsky.social for organising this!
Guess at what graf in this article I let out an uncontrollable scream. (Hint: it's the part where they equate well-off industry professionals teaching on the side with casualized academic labor.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/21/pracademics-vocational-training-college-professors/
‘Pracademics,’ professors who work outside the academy, win new respect
What’s in a word? A way to help impatient college students better connect to jobs.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 3, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Guess at what graf in this article I let out an uncontrollable scream. (Hint: it's the part where they equate well-off industry professionals teaching on the side with casualized academic labor.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/21/pracademics-vocational-training-college-professors/
Universities struggle to recognise leadership beyond the academic template
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
We loved this @wonkhe.bsky.social article from @otherdrnick.bsky.social about the importance of supporting second-career academics and pracademics, in order to benefit from their diverse insights!
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
We loved this @wonkhe.bsky.social article from @otherdrnick.bsky.social about the importance of supporting second-career academics and pracademics, in order to benefit from their diverse insights!
Universities struggle to recognise leadership beyond the academic template
Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need.
wonkhe.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Universities struggle to recognise leadership beyond the academic template
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
We loved this @wonkhe.bsky.social article from @otherdrnick.bsky.social about the importance of supporting second-career academics and pracademics, in order to benefit from their diverse insights!
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
We loved this @wonkhe.bsky.social article from @otherdrnick.bsky.social about the importance of supporting second-career academics and pracademics, in order to benefit from their diverse insights!
I agree with you both 100%. It is harder in some disciplines, and actually the scholarship world often brings in pracademics not only research trained folk. Collaboration is never the wrong answer!
November 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I agree with you both 100%. It is harder in some disciplines, and actually the scholarship world often brings in pracademics not only research trained folk. Collaboration is never the wrong answer!
Developmental pracademics: who they are and why they matter: Development in Practice: Vol 34 , No 3 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Developmental pracademics: who they are and why they matter
Unlike other fields of scholarship, development studies lack sufficient acknowledgment and appreciation of the role and value of pracademics, understood as individuals who are simultaneously practi...
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Developmental pracademics: who they are and why they matter: Development in Practice: Vol 34 , No 3 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A4 I 'teach' new staff and there's always been a wide range of nationalities, demographics.
Maybe more "pracademics" reflecting courses taught.
Recent visa changes impacting international student numbers.
more commuter students staying local due to costs?. #lthechat
Maybe more "pracademics" reflecting courses taught.
Recent visa changes impacting international student numbers.
more commuter students staying local due to costs?. #lthechat
April 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A4 I 'teach' new staff and there's always been a wide range of nationalities, demographics.
Maybe more "pracademics" reflecting courses taught.
Recent visa changes impacting international student numbers.
more commuter students staying local due to costs?. #lthechat
Maybe more "pracademics" reflecting courses taught.
Recent visa changes impacting international student numbers.
more commuter students staying local due to costs?. #lthechat
‘Pracademics’: a new generation of academics who walk the talk | The Social Enterprise Magazine - Pioneers Post https://www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/20200929/pracademics-new-generation-of-academics-who-walk-the-talk via @Pioneerspost
‘Pracademics’: a new generation of academics who walk the talk
Nurturing a community of practical, innovation-oriented academics can help education institutions achieve both prestige and social impact – and in east Asia, a new generation of ‘pracademics’ is rising to the challenge.
www.pioneerspost.com
October 4, 2020 at 11:59 PM
‘Pracademics’: a new generation of academics who walk the talk | The Social Enterprise Magazine - Pioneers Post https://www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/20200929/pracademics-new-generation-of-academics-who-walk-the-talk via @Pioneerspost
A4 It could be easy to become echo chambers whereby new voices or alternate views feel quashed.
It can be difficult for specific groups, e.g. pracademics because of hidden curriculum so make it easy and avoid this stuff #lthechat
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
It can be difficult for specific groups, e.g. pracademics because of hidden curriculum so make it easy and avoid this stuff #lthechat
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
New lecturers and the myth of ‘communities of practice’
How novice lecturers learn to be successful in their role is relatively under-researched, although the assumption may be made that the newcomer has learned the fundamentals how to engage in academ...
www.tandfonline.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A4 It could be easy to become echo chambers whereby new voices or alternate views feel quashed.
It can be difficult for specific groups, e.g. pracademics because of hidden curriculum so make it easy and avoid this stuff #lthechat
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
It can be difficult for specific groups, e.g. pracademics because of hidden curriculum so make it easy and avoid this stuff #lthechat
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A great start to 2025-A book I contributed to is now on pre-order. Full of case studies and tips from pracademics working in HE.
www.routledge.com/A-Field-Guid...
www.routledge.com/A-Field-Guid...
A Field Guide to Working in Higher Education: Transitioning from Professional Practice to Academia
Higher Education has had a long and growing association with professional practice. Yet the need to unpack and demystify the day-to-day workings has never been greater, especially for new pracademics ...
www.routledge.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A great start to 2025-A book I contributed to is now on pre-order. Full of case studies and tips from pracademics working in HE.
www.routledge.com/A-Field-Guid...
www.routledge.com/A-Field-Guid...
Claims of factual innocence are investigated by student-interns supervised by experienced "pracademics" with expertise in law, forensic science and criminology. Our interns review case materials; liaise with witnesses and experts, and prepare material to assist appeals. youtu.be/gA-G0Agy2dU?...
Work as a BOHII intern
YouTube video by Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative
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November 26, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Claims of factual innocence are investigated by student-interns supervised by experienced "pracademics" with expertise in law, forensic science and criminology. Our interns review case materials; liaise with witnesses and experts, and prepare material to assist appeals. youtu.be/gA-G0Agy2dU?...
I forgot to hashtag #LTHEchat when posting to champion our very own Zoe Alman @dmuleicester.bsky.social about the phenomenon which is 3rd space. I am researching #pracademics and the 3rd space lit is really giving the brain cogs a workout
a yellow mouse with large ears is sitting on a table and says `` i 'm all ears ! ''
ALT: a yellow mouse with large ears is sitting on a table and says `` i 'm all ears ! ''
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November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I forgot to hashtag #LTHEchat when posting to champion our very own Zoe Alman @dmuleicester.bsky.social about the phenomenon which is 3rd space. I am researching #pracademics and the 3rd space lit is really giving the brain cogs a workout
This week on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need.
Universities struggle to recognise leadership beyond the academic template
Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need.
buff.ly
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need.
A question for all the pracademics out there: do you maintain an academic affiliation somewhere beyond your work? If yes, what’s the nature of it - do you teach? What sort of options exist? https://giphy.com/gifs/book-library-literacy-l0HlRnAWXxn0MhKLK
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August 7, 2023 at 4:44 PM
A question for all the pracademics out there: do you maintain an academic affiliation somewhere beyond your work? If yes, what’s the nature of it - do you teach? What sort of options exist? https://giphy.com/gifs/book-library-literacy-l0HlRnAWXxn0MhKLK
An important event bringing together lived and living experience, youth justice practitioners, pracademics, policy makers and some of the key academic thinkers to really listen to each other and learn more about the language needs of young people in YJ
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-aw...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-aw...
Raising Awareness of Language Needs in Youth Justice
Join us for a one-day event exploring the vital but often overlooked role of language and communication in the youth justice system.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
An important event bringing together lived and living experience, youth justice practitioners, pracademics, policy makers and some of the key academic thinkers to really listen to each other and learn more about the language needs of young people in YJ
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-aw...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-aw...
1. Pracademics in Criminal justice
2. Set up a whole new collaborative society based on social justice principles with a novel approach in rehabilitating all walkers 🧟🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️
3. #FollowFriday #PhDvoice #PhD
2. Set up a whole new collaborative society based on social justice principles with a novel approach in rehabilitating all walkers 🧟🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️
3. #FollowFriday #PhDvoice #PhD
November 29, 2024 at 8:23 PM
1. Pracademics in Criminal justice
2. Set up a whole new collaborative society based on social justice principles with a novel approach in rehabilitating all walkers 🧟🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️
3. #FollowFriday #PhDvoice #PhD
2. Set up a whole new collaborative society based on social justice principles with a novel approach in rehabilitating all walkers 🧟🧟🧟♀️🧟♂️
3. #FollowFriday #PhDvoice #PhD
Need to find all my #MentalHealth #SocialWork, #AMHP and #pracademics now that I have left Twitter/x :) where you all at?
November 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Need to find all my #MentalHealth #SocialWork, #AMHP and #pracademics now that I have left Twitter/x :) where you all at?