A pracademic (or practitioner-academic or academic-practitioner) is someone who is both an academic and an active practitioner in their subject area. The term has a history of at least 30 years, but its first coining is unclear. The earliest reference may have been identified by a subscriber to Worldwide Words as being 1973. History In his 2001 article "The Life and Times of Pracademics", Paul L Posner discusses the term pracademic. Since Posner's article many academics have used the term in journals and elsewhere. In their 2001 paper in Negotiation Journal, Maria R Volpe and David Chandler describe the bridging role as that of the "pracademic". Again in 2001, Willard T. Price uses the term in the same context of academic and practicing professional in Public Works. George L Hanbury builds on the term in his 2004 paper on the ethics of honor by describing himself as a pracademic and observing his subject from this standpoint. Although the core bridging concept appears to be the main theme, several other usages have emerged. The idea of the pracademic as a teaching style for entrepreneurs has appeared in several places. A pracademic degree, for instance, describes the case of a new degree in the UK that is taught by practitioners to students who want to be entrepreneurs. However, this use of the term remains close to the main definition of bridging the academic and practical professional world. Additionally, many academics now describe themselves as pracademics on their websites, and this use of the term aligns well with definition as commonly used. There may be other uses of the term. For example, in 2000, the term was used to describe Ross James, who conceptualised the Transitional Learning Model following extensive research for his doctoral dissertation. The model integrated learning and cross-cultural theories into a practical model to help workplace trainers design and deliver training. The model has been applied in a wide range of workplace settings. Health Communication Resources has used the model in its extensive international delivery of resources for training learner-centred trainers in international radio broadcast networks. The term was first used in relation to the UK resilience community at the inaugural conference of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (April 2009). Peter Simpson from the London Fire Brigade, who undertook a Master’s programme at Leicester University as a mature student, described people like himself and others in the