Arti Kumar

Arti Kumar MBE is the former Associate Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of Bedfordshire and is an Honorary Research Fellow. Her awards include a National Teaching Fellowship, AGCAS Lifetime Achievement Award, and MBE ‘for services to higher education’. The SOAR model she developed and authored offers an innovative approach that has proved to be highly beneficial in developing career maturity and employability in the UK and abroad. Its methodology is available primarily in the book / e-book: Kumar, A. (2008; 2022) Personal, Social, Academic and Career Development in Higher Education – SOARing to Success: Routledge Taylor and Francis, available with eResources. SOAR enables individuals to develop holistically, to become effective, productive and regenerative in the diverse contexts of learning, work, and life. Arti currently writes, mentors and works independently on projects with universities.

Publications

“Response-Able” Education for Sustainable Employability Aligned With Sustainable Development Goals: SOARing to Success
“Response-Able” Education for Sustainable Employability Aligned With Sustainable Development Goals: SOARing to Success
Arti Kumar. © 2023. 27 pages.
‘The SOAR model' (as it has come to be used in the UK and abroad) is in effect a conceptual metamodel that scaffolds pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy in its design and...