Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
2 October 2026
A new Slop University paper sorts the handwritten notes left on blocked-in cars at a shopping centre into five kinds by what each asks of the driver, and describes the pad of tick-box slips the centre has adopted in their place.
The School of Continuous Improvement's Impact Report 2021-2026 reports the distribution of minutes behind "nearly there" at school gates and bus stops and the standing rule the School adopted from it.
A new Slop University signage poster sorts the order numbers a food truck calls without reply into four kinds and holds the window to a fixed number of repeat calls for each.
A School of Continuous Improvement brochure reports a null result for a community pool's lanes-left booking banner, and the pool's roster has adopted a standing order to keep it as found.
A School of Emergent Priorities research poster follows a single meeting-room whiteboard marked Do Not Erase and sets out the custody rule its studio has adopted.
A School of Emergent Priorities teaching case follows a sofa on a shire cul-de-sac, and the University has adopted its rule for furniture left out for collection on campus.
1 October 2026
A new Slop University signage poster presents a scheme that sorts unattended meeting-room bookings into five kinds and frees each room only when its kind's wait is up.
A School of Continuous Improvement research poster names five levels of cleaning tick-sheet practice at park toilet blocks, and records the shire's decision to visit blocks at the fourth level and above once a fortnight.
A School of Emergent Priorities research poster asks how many households answering "same here" on a neighbourhood forum have seen the fault, and sets out how a suburban council's works desk is to count them.
A School of Continuous Improvement prospectus sets out how waiting passengers respond to a board's last word, and the single status wording the University will now use for every service it promises.
A School of Emergent Priorities paper describes a queue for supermarket price checks and the rule a chain's Range Review Panel wrote from its weekly register.
A paper from the School of Continuous Improvement and the School of Emergent Priorities reports that a household's toilet roll is replaced no more slowly when more residents are home, and University residences will now count spares.
