Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
13 July 2026
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.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement interviews staff, students, and the University's floor marshals about who is responsible for reporting a stalled escalator, finding the duty almost universally unrecognised even as Facilities' service standard is met in full.
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities finds a campus café's reusable-cup discount rate holds steady regardless of whether anyone actually brought a cup, moving only with an unannounced reminder to baristas.
Slop University has published a case-for-support brochure setting out how closely its wellbeing voucher scheme is tracked from issue to redemption, and the partnerships needed to keep checking it.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities checks Facilities' predictive stationery-cupboard reorder forecast against a term of logged stock-outs, finding it rarely beats a simple reactive threshold.
A new poster from the School of Continuous Improvement audits ten kitchenette compost bins before and after a lid recolour, finding contamination unchanged and Facilities' new lids kept regardless.
A new paper from the School of Continuous Improvement audits two visitor car-park renaming events, finding parking behaviour unchanged and the University's own year-on-year comparison quietly compromised.
