Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
30 July 2026
A new Slop University research poster gauges all four tyres at 4,318 minibus pre-departure checks and finds most lit dashboard warnings sit on tyres already within specification.
A new Slop University paper measures 3,148 household to school journeys both ways and finds the walked route exceeds the scheme's straight line by a mean 0.83 km, reclassifying 412 of them.
A new Slop University paper codes 19,847 instruction units from notes left for stand-in pet carers and finds the providers' care-plan completeness score measures form completion rather than care planning.
A new Slop University research poster recovers the observed interval between dental check-ups at 14 suburban practices and finds a recall adherence rate that improves while the intervals it stands for lengthen.
A new Slop University paper models 4,918 concealed-label try-on judgements over 246 garments and finds the retailer nearly as predictive of fit as the size printed on the tag.
A new Slop University paper reconciles the volunteer-hours ledger behind a council maintenance rebate against direct observation of 46 community sports club working bees, finding that signed hours and observed on-task hours rank the clubs differently.
A new Slop University paper transcribes 121 painted honour boards across 68 volunteer-run halls and links them to 6,013 independently verified office-bearer role-years, finding 19.0 per cent absent from the wall and omission tracking how much room the board has left.
A new Slop University paper simulates 72 configurations of a council waste transfer station and finds none that meets its published six-minute mean wait, because a single weighbridge cannot clear the Saturday morning peak.
Slop University has published Carried, Not Closed, the School of Continuous Improvement's five-year impact report, which reconstructs 38,140 action items from 212 collaborator registers to measure how long an item stays open rather than how often it is discussed.
A new Slop University paper recovers the attempt-level log behind a junior sports association's volunteer umpire accreditation record and re-scores it four ways, finding accreditation rates between 39.6 and 98.6 per cent in the same data.
Slop University has published Most Rules Run on Exceptions, a case-for-support brochure that opens at a suburban school gate and follows the note from home into four published studies of what an organisation's exceptions actually do.
A new Slop University research poster conceals the maker tag on 288 provenance-verified craft-market items and asks four panels to judge which were made by the stallholder, finding calls correct 53.4 per cent of the time against stated confidence of 77.4 per cent.
