Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
14 July 2026
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities surveys 612 commencing students at week nine, finding many can still name the admission-pathway lanyard colour orientation staff assigned them, and that students in the alternative-entry colour report a small, growing gap in how they say they're treated.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement finds Commencement's photography opt-out wristband cuts a guest's odds of appearing in the official photo set by two-thirds, while confidence that the system works stays flat regardless.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities audits the Horizon Register's wet-weather umbrella-bin forecast against a caretaker simply repeating yesterday's count, finding the forecast earns a real advantage only on the heaviest rain mornings.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement tests a Directly Responsible Individual placard scheme on meeting-room marker caddies, finding it changed staff confidence in restocking far more than it changed whether the caddy was actually stocked.
The Office of Research Outputs awards its Deposit of the Quarter Prize to Dr Sten Okwuosa, recognising a repository deposit filed with complete metadata and no follow-up chase from the Office.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities interviews IT Service Desk staff and passers-by about who presses the counter's early-warning satisfaction terminal, finding a third of its tally follows no logged service interaction at all.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement evaluates a request-and-charge-status tool built for Grounds' shared golf-buggy fleet, finding ten weeks of use left buggy selection unchanged while adding roughly forty-five seconds to every request.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities covertly tags 214 hired graduation gowns and cross-references ceremony photographs against the hire desk's damage-fee ledger, finding billing tracked the docket's named borrower even after the desk was shown an accurate record of who wore the gown.
13 July 2026
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement interviews Facilities staff about who actually issues and reclaims keys for the University's shared cabinets, finding the person doing that work matches the register's own accountable-owner listing for barely one cabinet in five.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement codes a winter's worth of desk heaters and fans against their own registration ledger, finding active tags routinely outlive the appliances they were issued to.
Slop University has published a new prospectus brochure built around its campus tour, walking prospective students past the same live instruments researchers use, from the Horizon Register to the Adaptive Metrics Lab's Living Dashboard.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement audits the Library's four-stage Lost & Found disposal register against a physical stock-take of the same items, tracing a persistent gap to a front-desk workaround the register cannot see.
