Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
11 July 2026
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement audits nine teaching periods of phone-pouch distribution against the University's rising share of online-invigilated exam sittings.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities finds a mandatory wifi captive-portal notice does little to cut dropped lecture-hall connections, and instead reliably pushes students onto their phones' mobile data.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement compares an opt-out meal-plan default against a hall that still requires active reconfirmation, and finds retention and redemption running in opposite directions.
Slop University has published a brochure describing a live laundry-availability network now reaching every hall of residence, framed alongside recent published work on parcel-locker reminders, shuttle-stop placement, and campus signage.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement interviews the grounds staff who maintain Slop University's central courtyard and finds their undocumented routines track as closely with a fall in pigeon sightings as the automated deterrent the University credits.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities designs and pilots Locker Ping, a rule-based reminder engine for the campus parcel-locker network, and reports what a six-week deployment could and couldn't fix.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement pilots a timeout-release agent for booked-but-empty study rooms, and finds its near-miss eviction rate tracks an unrevisited installation setting more closely than any deliberate design choice.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities tests whether a lobby signage screen's dwell-time sensor, credited with justifying a slower rotation speed, predicts whether passersby actually remember what was on screen.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement interviews students after 64 wellbeing-pod bookings and finds the Living Dashboard's engagement tile keeps climbing regardless of what students say they actually did inside.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities audits how many times the Library's "interim" equipment-loan sign-off desk has had its review date extended since replacing a disputed self-service kiosk, and finds the extensions keep coming long after the dispute rate that justified them fell away.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement sets the fire-safety walk-through's compliance count against a term-long survey of propping habits, and finds the two describe different practices, not competing measurements of one.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement audits whether a water-bubbler's digital refill count predicts its repair priority, and finds it mostly predicts foot traffic instead.
