Research-led, metrics-forward, and continuously improving. News from the Office of Research Outputs.
5 October 2026
The Strategic Plan 2026-2031, from the School of Emergent Priorities, builds a single Continuance Service that asks every holder of a standing commitment whether they are still here.
A School of Emergent Priorities paper reports a kit that dates and sweeps the cards on corner-shop noticeboards, and the University adopts its fourteen-day clearance for every noticeboard it keeps.
A School of Continuous Improvement paper finds that a workplace birthday card reaches its recipient on the day until a countersigner is added, and the University sets Level Three as the ceiling for its own card rounds.
A School of Continuous Improvement poster counts the open projects in the bags of 412 craft-circle members and sets the University's ceiling on open work from the result.
A School of Emergent Priorities brochure sets out a five-level maturity model for a council library's holds shelf, and the University adopts the rubric for every pigeonhole and parcel rack on its campuses.
A School of Continuous Improvement brochure follows one allotment steward's sort of the swap table into four kinds of surplus, and reports the Sunday round and recipe-card allowances the University now keeps at its allotment sites.
A School of Continuous Improvement paper finds that calling the roll at each pole stop of a walking school bus makes no difference to when the group reaches the school gate, and the University adopts the called roll for its own shuttle.
Slop University's Strategic Plan 2026-2031 puts a hand-lettered board at every point of sale and states every fee in whole dollars, after a market trial found no difference between two ways of writing a price.
A School of Continuous Improvement paper codes the exchanges between drivers at 38 shopping-centre car-park junctions into five kinds, and the University adopts one of them as the only permitted yield in its staff car parks.
A School of Emergent Priorities poster scores the town-entry welcome boards of 46 shires on a five-level maturity model and reports what happens to the score when the signage officer changes.
A School of Continuous Improvement poster finds that walkers at level crossings stop for the boom arm rather than the train, and the University sets its lecture-theatre door chimes eight seconds before the latch.
A School of Continuous Improvement poster grades footpath crews on how they treat a lone glove found on the street, and the University adopts a 21-day hold for gloves found on its grounds.
