Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
19 September 2026
A new Slop University brochure introduces the Stand-In Rule, a mail rule that replaces the return date in a long-absence reply with the name of a colleague who has agreed to be asked.
A new Slop University brochure introduces four kinds of rear-window decal and the recognised reading that now sets each kind's place at the school-run kerb.
A new research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities finds that a name on a sourdough starter's jar tag makes no difference to how often it is fed on the day it is due.
A new research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities finds that drivers enter a commuter-station car park at the same rate whether its FULL sign is lit or not.
A new Slop University paper scores shopping-centre directory boards on a five-level maturity model and finds the top levels sit farthest from the entrance, a result the University applies to its own campus map boards.
A new Slop University poster reports that a clothes peg on a salon mirror left walk-up interruptions unchanged, and sets peg-on minutes as a review measure.
A new research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities reports no difference in meeting length with a wall clock visible or covered, and sets out what Facilities now records.
Slop University's Strategic Plan 2026-2031 places the bus-stop countdown under a published standard and a standing safeguard, both convened by the Review Cadence Observatory.
The Office of Research Outputs awards its Deposit of the Quarter Prize to Dr Torun Ezeigwe, recognising a repository deposit that keeps a replication's null result, its two claim forms, and its pre-registration in one complete record.
A new Slop University poster reports that a numbered-ticket dispenser left arrival-order disputes at the staff tea-room urn unchanged, and sets a dispute target for every urn on campus.
A new Slop University poster reports that the ledger-avoider and serial non-returner kinds do not appear on household garage sign-out boards, and that the co-signature rule now applies to every household tool loan.
The GRATED rubric rates painted fish stencils beside stormwater grates on tone, edge and definition, and a new Slop University poster reports that the score and the litter beneath it are unrelated.
