Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
11 July 2026
A new poster from the School of Emergent Priorities counts boardings before and after Facilities moved a shuttle stop forty metres, and finds the resulting ridership gain came from pedestrians already walking past.
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 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 Continuous Improvement interviews people who pause at building directory boards and matches their answers against Facilities' automated dwell-time sensor.
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 paper from the School of Emergent Priorities and the School of Continuous Improvement interviews library patrons who abandon a self-checkout session, and checks their reasons against the maintenance ticket the abandonment always triggers.
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 surveys library shelving casuals each fortnight on their odds of hitting a semester consistency bonus, and checks their answers against the roster system that actually decides who qualifies.
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.
A new paper from the School of Emergent Priorities matches 890 parking-permit applicants across the University's retired blanket waitlist and its priority-tier replacement, and finds the two schemes send permits to almost exactly the same people.
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 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.
