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General Facilities
Accommodation
There is accommodation available on the Riseholme campus for students, however places are obviously limited. Please see our main accommodation pages for general help or telephone 01522 886195 for more information.
Riseholme Estate
In total, Riseholme Estate comprises a total of 200 hectares of mixed broadleaved woodland, farmland, deer park, dairy farm, hatchery, lake and landscaped gardens. This diversity of habitats supports a great variety of vertebrate and invertebrate life, including rare species of dragonfly and butterfly and over 60 species of birds and wild mammals. These natural resources provide a backdrop to the Biological Sciences programmes delivered at Riseholme and are an invaluable resource for teaching and research in Animal Sciences and Conservation Biology.
Car Parking
Student car parks are provided at Riseholme. For security reasons, a permit is required and can be applied for following enrolment. Parking is subject to availability on a daily basis. The City Campus is close to a number of private car parks.
Student Bar
University of Lincoln Student Union Co-operative (ULSUC) runs the bar at Riseholme. By day the bar area acts as a meeting place and a chance to relax, offering pool table, games machines and vending facilities. It also has television and music jukebox, there is also SKY available.
Animal Facilities
The Small Animal Unit provides our students with the
opportunity to work with a wide variety of familiar and exotic
species, including cats, dogs, rabbits, chipmunks, chinchillas,
marmosets, reptiles, tropical and temperate fish, insects,
spiders and molluscs. None of our animals are involved in
invasive research.
Our Animal Care facilities were opened in September 2002. Because of this the unit is purpose built for the job, clean and modern.
Equine & Riding Facilities
The Equine Unit was opened in 2002, so our facilities are modern, clean and great for the welfare of the horses. We have two identical American style barns housing thirty horses, a DIY yard for the students, two outdoor schools, one indoor school, a demonstration hall and plenty of land for them to graze on.
Farm Facilities
Riseholme College has its own agricultural facilities which
provide access to real life industry experience for students on
land based courses.
Riseholme Park Farm
Riseholme Park Farms Ltd operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Lincoln and farms 369 hectares of the 415 hectare estate owned by the University. The remaining area is used to provide practical opportunities for a variety of courses based at Riseholme College.
The farms are situated on two sites: an arable farm in Nettleham and a 166 hectare livestock enterprise at Riseholme Park.
Lodge Farm, Nettleham
Lodge Farm consists of 203 hectares of which 198 hectares are cropped. The farm is situated immediately to the south of Nettleham between the village and the A158 Lincoln to Wragby Road. The yard and buildings are in the centre of the holding and the farm is ideally supported by internal roads. The soils next to the farmyard are primarily of the Elmton 1 series, being free draining and relatively easily worked, but not particularly moisture retentive. The remainder comprises Beccles 1, which at the western side of the holding in particular gives rise to some patches of heavy soil, which can be difficult to work in either very dry or wet conditions. Lodge Farm is totally arable and grows winter wheat, winter barley, winter OSR and sugar beet, currently under a contract farming agreement with a neighbouring estate with access at all times for academic and research purposes.
Coppice
An area of willow and poplar provide students with experience in the harvesting, handling, manufacturing and marketing products made from this topical crop.
Student Practice Area
A one-hectare area is provided each year for students to utilise for tractor and machinery use at times when other areas of the estate are not available.
Student Crop
Each year students have one field available at Riseholme in order to be able to grow their ‘own’ crop. This will be a crop that is grown as part of the normal farm rotation, but all planning, decision making and fieldwork, apart from pesticide applications, will be carried out by students using university equipment.
Countryside Stewardship
Riseholme Park Farms is participating in a Countryside Stewardship Scheme replanting trees and hedges, laying overgrown hedges, managing areas of grassland and establishing 2m and 6m grass margins alongside watercourses. The scheme was drawn up by the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group. Students are actively involved in the planting schemes, which cover both the Lodge Farm and Riseholme parts of the estate, with every effort being made to conserve and enhance natural habitats in the countryside.
Sheep Enterprise
The sheep flock consists of 256 females and 5 rams. The females are all pedigree Llyen animals, and around 70 of them are used as a breeding nucleus by mating with 2 pedigree Llyen rams to produce flock replacements. The remainder of the flock is mated with a Beltex, Texel or Rouge Ram which are used as terminal sires to produce fat lambs. Lambing, which takes place indoors between mid February and March, is timed to coincide with academic requirements, and students taking agriculture and animal science courses are heavily involved in the operation. The sheep are able to utilise most of the grassland on the farm for grazing and in addition also graze equine paddocks and countryside stewardship grass at appropriate times of the year.
Beef Enterprise
A pedigree herd of 25 Lincoln Red Suckler Cows was established in 2004 The herd’s first placement bull was purchased during 2008 and calves continue to be reared as specialist beef or as breeding stock. Cows calve in the spring, graze with calves at foot during the summer and are housed and fed on silage indoors in the winter. As well as the Lincoln Red Bull, cross-bred continental beef calves are being brought in to be fattened in yards as a conventional beef enterprise.
Equine Unit
An increasing demand for grazing is placed by the university’s equine unit. A number of animals graze on some 20 hectares. Riseholme Park Farms operates a DIY livery yard to accommodate horses owned by staff and students and these animals also utilise the grazing area.
Grassland
The grassland areas of Riseholme are managed in a number of different ways. 7 hectares on the mediaeval village site are in a Countryside Stewardship Scheme and receive no chemical or fertiliser treatments. Equine paddocks receive some fertiliser in mid-late spring to maintain grass growth through the summer and receive herbicide treatments when necessary. These paddocks will also be reseeded when necessary with specific equine grass mixtures. 40 hectares of grazing utilised by the beef and sheep enterprises receive more intense herbicide and fertiliser policies as they are used for the production of hay or silage in addition to grazing. These fields are sown with hybrid ryegrass leys designed to last for 3-5 years and are reseeded on a regular basis to ensure maximum forage quality and quantity.
Set Aside
Riseholme has two areas of set aside both of which are sown with grass cover crops. They are topped in July and grazed in winter by sheep or horses.
Game Cover Crops
A number of game cover crops totalling 1.3 hectares are grown at Riseholme, sponsored by a local seed company and are used to support a countryside management course.
Resource Centre
Riseholme Learning Resource Centre contains a broad range of materials and facilities to support you in your studies, including books and journals relating to courses taught at the campus, general periodicals, videos, daily newspapers, and a selection of popular fiction books. There is a fully networked open access computer suite and a range of study spaces to cater for individual quiet study and group work.
The Centre also provides the facilities for photocopying and printing. The friendly and helpful staff offer presentations, workshops, and tours to new students; they are available throughout the year to assist with any queries you may have in relation to your studies.
Conference
Facilities
Riseholme College offers a range of conference and meeting facilities onsite.
The University's Conference Office is dedicated to providing a high quality service, from initial contact right through to the event itself.
Clients can be confident in the University's ability to host and deliver highly successful, efficiently organised, academic and non-academic conferences, seminars and exhibitions.
For details about the conference facilities please contact:
The Conference Office
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
Tel: +44 (0)1522 886407
Fax: +44 (0)1522 886795
E-mail:
conferences@lincoln.ac.uk