Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
20 September 2026
The new Strategic Plan 2026-2031 commits the University to reckoning club par times from the sweep's account of who finished, and not from lodged times, and to holding its own reviews open until the last item is in.
A new research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities sorts what lecturers leave in lectern drawers into four kinds, and reports the four-tray insert and term-start turnout now adopted in every lecture theatre.
A new Slop University brochure introduces the Boarding Chime Assay, a brass fork that lets a bus rider check a fare by ear, and the University Chime now sounded by every door, lift and printer on every site.
A School of Emergent Priorities study found that three suggested one-tap replies changed nothing about what people wrote back, and the University's new Strategic Plan builds a published Reply Register on that finding.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement compares two places to keep a loaf, finds no difference between them, and sets out the divided-storage provision the University's kitchens now follow.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities reports what counter staff say about seeding a tip jar, and the opening-checklist rule the University's service counters now keep.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement describes a painted gap gauge for parallel parking, and the council and University rules that now follow its red band.
A School of Emergent Priorities paper reports how nineteen allotment-society coordinators decide that a person came, and the University adopts their two-tool sighting for committee attendance.
A School of Continuous Improvement research poster reruns an earlier incident-register finding across 38 residents' forums, reports that it does not reproduce, and confirms the Lab's pinned-thread requirement for every forum it advises.
A new research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities scores street parties against a five-level closure maturity model, and reports the council's decision to tie its traffic-management fee to the level a street attains.
A new research-showcase brochure from the School of Emergent Priorities reports what the tear-off cards at shopping-centre entrances look like as distributions, and introduces the Last-Tab Rule that now governs when a University notice comes down.
A new research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities describes a rear-window lamp that holds a driver's thank-you until the driver ahead has seen it, and the roads authority that adopted its count as a courtesy standard.
