Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
13 July 2026
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities audits the campus bike-share scheme's helmet-return bins against a 12-week hand count, finding the RFID sensor's reported availability holds near capacity while the bins themselves run down.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities finds a covered bike-rack bank sited by the Horizon Register's demand forecast sits mostly empty, while cyclists cite proximity to where they are actually headed, not the forecast, for where they park.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement audits the campus makerspace's 3D-printer induction sign-off sheet against its own checklist revision log, finding most ledger-valid signatures certify a version already retired.
Slop University's new Strategic Plan commits the institution to naming one accountable steward for every asset, process, and shared resource it holds, retiring "shared responsibility" as an institutional default.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement deploys a jam-and-fill sensor on the University Library's after-hours book-return chute, then traces how its alert log was cited by Facilities' staffing review as evidence of the patron demand it was never built to measure.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities finds a pedestrian-crossing button's press count moves independently of the signal it is wired to, even as the University's Traffic Advisory Committee keeps citing the tally as pedestrian demand for a second crossing.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement tests whether Improvement Grand Rounds' paper sign-in sheet is actually harder to fake than the tap-card system it replaced, and finds the retired card reader, still quietly logging, at least as informative.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities checks the loading dock's new roller-door sensor timer against drivers' own paper dockets, finding it consistently reports less time than delivery crews actually spent unloading.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement finds the staff integrity tip line's own timestamp and phrasing data are often enough to narrow an anonymous submission to a name, and audits existing case notes for the same inference happening informally.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities surveys what staff and students believe the fire-drill assembly-point QR check-in is for, finding most name a personal record the Safety and Wellbeing Office says it does not keep.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement finds that removing the one input tied to whether a defibrillator would actually work changes the University's published AED readiness figure by well under a percentage point.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities surveys belief in a renovation hoarding's posted completion date, finding recall matches the sign's first-ever date far more often than any of its five later revisions.
